Drum Clamp - Forklifts are meant to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For businesses that deal with items inside drums, you must utilize an attachment to move, lift and store them. There are various drum forklift accessories that you could acquire for all of your drum lifting requirements. These attachments are specially utilized to be able to handle drum containers - thus there is no risk of damage to the product or drum container when they are stored, moved or lifted.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is accessible in three or four tine models. They are utilized for the loading and unloading of drums off drum stands, racks and vehicles. This particular accessory is completely mechanical, hence 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 intended for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab could be mounted to the forks, with a designed objective of dealing with metal drums that have rolling hoops. Even if the initial reason for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could help accommodate plastic drums also. Drum capacity maximum is 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is one more forklift accessory which mounts onto the blades themselves. Their purpose is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator using a clamp which fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is meant for operations that happen below shoulder level. For operations that must take place above shoulder level, the continual loop chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork accessories. They are used for unstacking and stacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing elaborate, only simple horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted enhancements lessen the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available in automatic and semi-automatic units. They are for use in the open topped or tight head steel drum kinds. The drum tongs can be attached in a couple of ways to the forklift. One method is to attach 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 one operating it to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
Whenever drums need storage space with limited area available, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the perfect option in drum forklift attachments. This particular attachment would work for either the 210 L drums as well as 120 L drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by utilizing steel jaws in order to hold the edge of the drum. It lifts the drum and puts it down without needing any room between the drums. The standard unit utilized in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, although, this attachment is obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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