Drum Lift for Drum Handler Operations

What Characterizes Your Drums?
– Shape, Size, Geometry and Surface Material

Just like rolls, drums and vessels, too, come in many different shapes and sizes. And again, the surface material, here in the case of the drum, vessel, or barrel, dictates which methods are used for gripping and handling.

More often than not, a drum can be squized without being deformed, but particularly thin walled drums can be difficult to handle, since squeezing during gripping may deform the drum in an undesired manner. Fortunately we also take measures to ensure the handling of more delicate drums or vessls. 

What Tasks Is Your Drum Handler to Perform?

The drum handling procedure may vary from simple movements from place to place, to more advanced tipping, rotating and docking operations.

A simple drum lift operation may consist of:

• Lifting the drum from a storage area to a place where its contents is needed
• Moving the drum back to storage

A more complex drum handler operation might be:

• First the drum handler needs to lift your drum and then move it onto e.g. a scale
• Then the drum may need to be moved to an environment where you need to tip it sideways so the powder or liquid from inside it is poured into a funnel. When tipping/turning is desired, this may be done in a forwards or sidewards motion in relation to the lifter, depending on the space available
• Then at the end, you may need to bring back the empty drum to be stored or cleaned

All in all many factors need to be considered before we can help you find the ideal solution to your drum handling requirements.

Read more about drum handling here or contact us to discover how we may help you.