Drum Clamps - Forklifts are meant to handle lifting, storing and moving pallets. For businesses that handle items inside drums, you will need to make use of an attachment so as to store, move and lift them. There are numerous drum forklift accessories which you can acquire for all your drum storing, moving and lifting requirements. These attachments are specifically meant so as to handle drum containers - thus there is no risk of damage to the item or drum container whenever they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner could be utilized to load and unload drums off of drum stands, vehicles and racks. These are available in three and four tine models. This particular accessory is completely automatic, hence allowing the individual 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 accessory is designed for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab can be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of dealing with metal drums which have rolling hoops. Although the initial reason for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can help accommodate plastic drums as well. Drum capacity maximum is 210 liters for steel drums with rolling hoops and 220 liters for plastic drums.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is a lift truck accessory which mounts on to the blades themselves. The purpose of the drum rotator is to lift the drum and turn it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator with a steel clamp that fits over the center of the drum. The rotation is done by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is used for operations that take place below shoulder level. For operations which should happen over shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork attachments. They are designed for unstacking and stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking requires nothing fancy, merely simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are obtainable both semi-automatic and automatic versions that could be utilized in the tight head and open topped metal drum kinds. The drum tongs could even be connected in many various ways to the forklift. One method is to connect them underneath a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to attach them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage mounted jib. Either the semi automatic and the automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no requirement for the individual operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the ideal option for forklift accessories, whenever there is a need to store drums with limited area obtainable. This particular attachment could be utilized on either 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler operates by using steel jaws so as to grab the rim of the drum. It lifts the drum and puts it down without requiring any room between the drums. The average unit in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, even though, this particular attachment comes obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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