Palamatic Vac Lifter with Drum Pouring Tool Manually Operated

Palamatic design engineered and manufactured this barrel tipping assembly for a food industry company in the USA. Use of the unit allows a single operator to pick up plastic barrels weighing up to 130kg and to pour the contents in to a receiving hopper.
We used stainless steel (grade 304) for the materials of manufacture due to the requirements of the food handling environment.
Vacuum suction cups are incorporated in to the framework. One of these is in a fixed/non-moving state and the other pivots on a mechanism which allows the operator to effectively close in the cups around the barrel. The tooling was designed to cater for two sizes of barrel; one having straight, but tapered sides and one quite unusual barrel made up of three different diameter stepped' sides.
The tipping action is manually performed; the operator squeezes a lever to release a locking mechanism and the drum becomes free to pour about the centre of gravity.
Once the locking mechanism is disengaged, the operator can use the lever to assist the pouring process, or alternatively move around to the barrel and tip by grabbing the barrel itself as if it were an unassisted operation.
For the pouring process to take place the vacuum lift tubes must be fully compacted, so that the unit cannot continue to lift as the weight is lost from the barrel.

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• barrel tipping assembly
• Vacuum suction cups
• vacuum lift tubes