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Drum Turner in Engineering Application

An electric drum turner with straddle support legs is used in an engineering environment to lift and tip drum contents into containers. This particular turner is able to lift many different drum types and sizes and is available in both manual and powered versions.

Reel Lifter

A Logitrans LFS Mini straddle stacker truck is fitted with a customised boom spear and used in an engineering application to lift and transport reels.

Logitrans Multi Drum Turner

A Logitrans Multi Drum Turner is used to lift drums and decant the contents into a hopper. Available with powered lift & turn and a choice of manual or electric drive. It can handle almost any drum type: steel & plastic, large & small, round & rectangular drums.

Cable Reel Turner

Reels of cable are here lifted off a pallet using a Logitrans Reel Rotator. The Rotator can of palletise and de-palletise reels. It can turn them from horizontal to vertical positions (and vice versa), when loading or unloading from production machinery.

Logitrans SELFS Maxi with Reel Forks

A Logitrans SELFS Maxi powered stacker truck is here fitted with Reel Forks and used in a printing application. The Maxi transports and lifts the reels, which are then loaded onto machinery.

Logitrans Reel Turner

A Logitrans Reel Rotator is used in a dairy to lift large reels from pallets, transport and load them into packing machinery. The Rotator clamps the reel from the outside, leaving the reel core free to to be inserted onto the machine spindle. The Reel Rotator can turn reels from a horizontal to a vertical position, and vice versa. Many different reel sizes up to 500kg can be handled. Where space is very limited, the Reel Rotator can be used in conjunction with the Logitrans Reel Lifter. Designed to pick up a vertical reel from the Rotator, it transports and lifts it into production & packing machinery. With an over-all width of only 720mm, the Reel Lifter is small enough to go through a doorway or into a lift.

Stainless Steel Drum Lifter & Turner

A Logitrans Multi Drum Turner is built with a stainless steel finish, for use in a pharmaceutical environment. The drum turner can lift and turn many different types of drums: steel & plastic, large & small, square & round, positioned either vertically or horizontally. This particular model is fully powered (electric lift, turn, drive). A semi electric model (manual drive) and a standard painted finish (for low care areas) is also available.

Ceramic Pot Handler

A Logitrans Reel Rotator is modified for use in a large garden centre, to lift and turn heavy ceramic pots. The Rotator is used to lift the pots from pallets and transport them to the display area. The Handler has 180 degree rotation each way, enabling the pots to be tilted and turned, when filling and emptying them.

Reel Spear with Side Shift

When two or more reels are packed side by side on pallets, this reel spear with side shift allows you to easily move the boom spear in order to line it up with the reel core. The reel lifter has electric lift/lower and a lift height of 1600mm. Other options are available.

Logitrans Reel Rotator

A fully powered Logitrans Reel Rotator is used to de-palletise large reels of paper, transport the reel to a printing machine and turn it from horizontal to a vertical position, before the reel is loaded into the machine. The Reel Rotator is also available with manual lift and drive.

Loc J16 Electric Reel Lifter

A Loc J16 powered stacker truck with a boom spear, is used within the packaging industry to transport and lift large reels. This particular reel lifter has a lift height of 4500mm and a load capacity of 600kg. Other lift heights and capacities are available.

Lifting & Turning Storage Containers

A Multi Drum Turner is modified to handle bulky storage containers. The grippers are easily adjusted to accommodate both round and square containers and can handle a maximum load weight of 350kg. With powered lift, rotate and drive, storage containers, cylinders and bins can be transported, lifted and emptied with minimal effort. A stainless steel turner is also available.

We offer reel lifters and handlers, as well as drum lifters and drum turners in custom bespoke sizes, for many applications. Our Reel Rotator is particularly useful in printing and packaging environments, when loading reels onto machinery. Our Drum Turner can handle almost any drum type. Stainless steel reel & drum handlers are also available.

Drum forks make it easy to move drums or reels in a horizontal position and the forks can easily be exchanged with standard forks or other attachments, via the Logitrans Logiflex system. The same Logiflex stacker truck can be fitted with a boom spear, platform, crane arm or forks. Our reel turner can handle heavy reels in a horizontal or vertical position and is available in painted or stainless steel finish.