Fork Attachment for Handling Drums, Reels and Cylindrical Loads

The fork lifting attachment is designed to lift reels of foil or film in the horizontal position from a pallet or the floor using the circumference of the load, leaving the core free.

This solution was necessary to lift a reel from a pallet when in the horizontal position, but only using the circumference. The fork attachment pitch can be adjusted in order to fit around the circumference of the reel or drum.

The requirement was to load the reel onto a cantilever mandrel mounted to the processing line, meaning the lifter itself needed access beneath the processing line. Standard lifter legs would be too tall for this solution.

As a result, the lifter was fitted with low profile legs which only stand 65mm from the ground. This enable the lifter to gain close enough access to load the reel into place.

The straddle legs were necessary in order to lift the roll from the pallet and also lower to the floor if required.

Specifications:

Safe Working Load: 250kg

Fork Lengths: 600mm, 800mm or 1150mm

Maximum Diameter Reel: 750mm on a 690 carriage, 1000mm on an 810 carriage.

For more information on the fork lifting attachment for reels or drums, or the full range of materials handling equipment, please contact Packline Materials Handling.