If you regularly use drums in order to store production waste, you will almost certainly have discovered that despite their convenience as a waste bin, the weight that they are able to contain can become a hindrance when it comes to unloading them. In order to get the contents of the drum into a skip or other disposal area, a drum dumper is the ideal piece of equipment, and plays an important role in the waste handling process.
In essence, a drum dumper is a relatively simple piece of equipment. It lifts a 55 gallon drum into the air and over a pivot to allow the contents of the drum to be poured out into a waiting skip. The drum is clamped into place in order to prevent it slipping out of place, and ensuring that the drum can be reused.
With a standard drum being able to hold as much as 1,500 pounds of waste, lifting it up manually is impractical, and even standard drum lifting equipment is not generally designed to make pouring and emptying easy. As a result, a drum dumper is the perfect tool for making it possible to get rid of waste without any physical effort.
Drum dumpers feature a hard wearing construction and are very flexible in use, able to handle...