Drum Clamps - Forklifts are utilized to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For companies that deal with items inside drums, you must use an attachment to store, move and lift them. There are various drum forklift attachments which you could obtain for all of your drum lifting needs. These attachments are specially used to be able to deal with drum containers - hence there is no chance 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 in order to load and unload drums off of vehicles, racks, and drum stands. These are available in three and four tine models. This particular attachment is fully automatic, thus allowing the individual operating it to be able to operate all from the comfort of the lift truck seat. Able to move large and extra large plastic drums, steel, its capacity is 210 liters. This particular accessory is utilized for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab can be mounted to the forks, with a designed objective of handling steel drums that have rolling hoops. Even if the original reason for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could help accommodate plastic drums as well. 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 lift truck accessory which mounts onto the forks themselves. Their objective is to pick up the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator using a clamp that fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is done by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is intended for operations which take place beneath shoulder level. For operations that should take place above shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted accessory that could be designed for unstacking or stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing intricate, only easy horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs come in semi-automatic and automatic models. They are used in the tight head or open topped steel drum kinds. The drum tongs can be connected in a couple of ways to the forklift. One way is to attach them under a fork-mounted hook. One more way is to connect them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage mounted jib. Either 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 forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the optimal option for lift truck accessories, when there is a need to stockpile drums with limited area available. This attachment can be used on either 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by utilizing steel jaws in order to hold the rim of the drum. It lifts the drum and puts it down without needing any room between the drums. The average unit in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, though, this accessory comes obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
Click to Download the pdf