Proper Drum Handing Equipment Leads to Higher Profits
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Many businesses that operate large, open-air facilities such as factories, distribution centers, and warehouses use 55- and 30-gallon drums to store chemicals and other products. The most efficiently operated of these businesses make excellent use of a variety of high-quality
drum handling equipment. Often essential such equipment includes drum carriers, positioners, and dumpers. Other often-vital equipment includes drum crushers, drum spill pallets, and retention basins. Each piece of
drum handling equipment enables businesses that use drums to operate more efficiently, cost-effectively, and profitably. Please take a few moments to read the following concise article to learn how you can improve your business’ overall productivity with this equipment.
Fifty-five gallon and 30-gallon steel, plastic, or fiber drums are excellent containers for a wide variety of liquid and solid products. Due to the wide extent to which many businesses use these drums, as well as the cost of the products that the drums very often contain, it is vital to use the proper
drum handling equipment when transporting and storing them. The good news is that there exists a good variety of high-quality material handling equipment designed for use with drums. Well-designed drum carriers raise, tilt, rotate, and transport fully loaded drums. They can quickly and easily rotate drums from the vertical to the horizontal position. Some drum carriers are designed for use with a fork truck, while other operate independently of other machinery.
Drum carriers also are important drum handling equipment for the prevention of drum spillage. Protecting your business against spillage is essential both due to the lost dollar-cost of the product spilled as well as to the fact that a spill involving corrosive materials can result in costly damage to the area where the spill occurred, and, sometimes, to nearby equipment that the spilled chemicals come into contact with. Another essential piece of drum handling equipment is drum dumpers. These dumpers are available in both portable and stationary models, depending on your business’ requirements. They are designed to handle both 55- and 30-gallon drums and can dispense these drums at various heights. Drum dumpers can be operated by a single worker, and their controls are simple to use.
Of course, the businesses that use drums also require drum handling equipment designed to aid in storing them. One such excellent piece of equipment is the retention drum basin. Retention basins not only store drums; they also help to prevent drum spillage. Retention drum basins are constructed of heavy-duty steel to resist conditions of extreme heating. In addition to their use of drums, many businesses with large, open-area buildings also use many 5-gallon steel or plastic pails. Because these pails can hold up to 200 pounds of materials, it frequently is not ergonomically wise for workers to handle them manually. Variable height
pail dispensers are relatively inexpensive, place no strain on workers’ bodies when used properly, and can dispense pails more rapidly than workers can do by hand. Whatever pail- or drum-related needs you may have, there is a multitude of equipment available to enable your business to operate more efficiently and cost-effectively. It is the customer’s responsibility to verify correctness of fit for applications.
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