Drum Clamps - Forklifts are truly designed to move, lift and store products placed on pallets. For businesses which make use of drums, they often require an attachment to be able to handle moving, storing and lifting them. There are a few various attachments that a company can use for all your drum moving, storing and lifting requirements. These attachments are particularly meant in order to deal with drum containers - hence there is no chance of damage to the item or drum container whenever they are stored, moved or lifted.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is presented in three and four tine designs. They are used for the unloading and loading of drums off drum stands, racks and vehicles. This attachment is completely automatic, therefore enabling the the one operating it to operate all from the comfort of the forklift seat. Able to move steel, large and extra large plastic drums, its capacity is 210 liters. This particular attachment is utilized for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork designed and mounted with the sole purpose of handling steel drums which have rolling hoops. Even though the purpose for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can accommodate the transporting of large and extra large plastic drums. Drum capacity maximum is 210 liters for steel drums with rolling hoops and 220 liters for plastic drums.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is actually a forklift accessory that mounts on to the forks themselves. The objective of the drum rotator is to pick up the drum and turn it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator utilizing a steel clamp that fits over the center of the drum. The rotation is done by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is for operations that occur below shoulder level. For operations that should take place higher than shoulder level, the continual loop chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are straightforward fork mounted accessory which can be used for stacking and unstacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing fancy, only easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments lessen the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are obtainable in semi-automatic and automatic models. They are utilized in the tight head or open topped steel drum styles. The drum tongs can be connected in a few ways to the forklift. One way is to attach them underneath a fork-mounted hook. One more way is to connect them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage mounted jib. Both the automatic and semi-automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no need for the person operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
Whenever drums need storage with inadequate spacing obtainable, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the perfect option in drum forklift attachments. This particular accessory will work for both the 210 L drums along with 120 L drums. The Rim Grip Handler operates by using metal jaws to be able to grab the edge of the drum. It lifts the drum and puts it down without requiring any space between all of the drums. The average model utilized in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, although, this particular attachment comes obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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