Drum Clamp - Forklifts are meant to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For businesses which deal with products inside drums, you have to use an attachment to be able to lift, store and move them. There are several drum forklift attachments which you can acquire for all your drum moving, lifting and storing requirements. These attachments are specifically used so as to handle drum containers - therefore there is no risk of damage to the product or drum container when they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is accessible in three or four tine designs. They are used for the loading and unloading of drums off racks, vehicles and drum stands. This particular accessory is totally automatic, therefore allowing the person 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 attachment is used for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork designed and mounted with the sole purpose of dealing with steel drums which have rolling hoops. Although the reason for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could accommodate the moving of extra large and 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 one more forklift accessory which mounts onto the blades themselves. Their objective is to pick up the drum and turn it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator with a clamp which fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is utilized for operations which happen below shoulder level. For operations which must take place higher than shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be used.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted attachment which can be designed for stacking and unstacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking requires nothing intricate, merely easy horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available both automatic and semi-automatic models that can be used in the tight head and open topped metal drum styles. The drum tongs can even be attached in many various ways to the forklift. One way is to connect them beneath a fork-mounted hook. One more way is to attach 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 operator to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the best choice for lift truck accessories, when there is a need to store drums with inadequate space available. This particular attachment could be used on both one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by using steel jaws to grab the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without needing any room between the drums. The typical model in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, though, this particular attachment comes available in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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