What Problems Do TAWI Drum Handling Equipment Solve?
Lifting and positioning drums without equipment can be a struggle.
Common manual handling challenges:
- Heavy lifting causes musculoskeletal strain and injuries
- Repetitive drum handling leads to workflow inefficiency
- Inconsistent handling poses safety hazards
- Difficult to tilt or rotate drums with precision
- Manual moves increase downtime and bottlenecks
TAWI’s drum lifters eliminate heavy manual effort by using ergonomic lifter systems that securely grip drums and barrels. This reduces physical strain, increases productivity, and creates safer work environments.
How Does Drum Handling Equipment Improve Operations?
TAWI drum lifters improve operations by making material handling processes safer, faster, and more consistent.
Key Benefits
- Ergonomic efficiency: Reduces physical strain and enables workers to handle heavy loads with one hand
- Increased throughput: Lift several drums or frequent loads without slowing workflow
- Precise control: Have fine manipulation of loads with fingertip adjustment and variable speed control
- Greater safety: Secure vacuum grip to safely control the load and move it where it needs to go
- Adaptability: Tools can be tailored for specific lifting needs, and one vacuum lifter can be used with multiple suction feet
What Drum Lifting Situations Can TAWI Help With?
Tilting Drums
TAWI drum lifters provide smooth, controlled tilting and rotation for applications, such as emptying drum contents into mixers, reactors, or processing equipment.
- Adjusts the angle of a drum with precision
- Decreases the risk of spills
- Reduces the need for manual force
Handle Wide Range of Materials
The flexibility of TAWI solutions makes it ideal for operations handling mixed product lines or changing packaging formats.
- Adapts to varying shapes and surfaces to help with a diverse array of items
- Lifts a wide range of weights (vacuum lifters can lift up to 600 lbs.)
Accurate Drum Positioning
Mobile drum lifters and lifting trolleys allow drums to be moved safely across facilities and positioned at exact heights or locations.
- Maintains consistent and accurate positioning of drums
- Has ergonomic handling during loading, unloading, stacking, or feeding production equipment
Handling Multiple Drums at Once
TAWI solutions enable operators to securely grip and lift several drums or pails at the same time.
- Reduces handling time in high-throughput environments
- Increase productivity of operations
- Maintains full control and load stability
Explore Drum Handling Equipment
Multi-Functional Lifter
This versatile vacuum lifter is our most flexible lifting tool, handling goods of all shapes and sizes easy and efficiently for loads < 595 lbs.
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Lifting Trolleys
Lift anything, anywhere. Mobile, flexible and efficient handling of reels, drums, containers and more. For loads <551 lbs.
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High Frequency Lifter
High speed vacuum lifter for efficient drum handling. For loads <143 lbs.
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Mobile High Frequency Lifter
TAWI mobile high frequency lifter is a versatile lifting solution that can offer high-frequency vacuum lifter capabilities together with a mobile plug & play solution to load and unload containers.
View the Mobile High Frequency Lifter - Mobile High Frequency LifterWhy Choose TAWI Drum Lifting Equipment?
“The vacuum lifter has greatly improved our work environment since we have eliminated all heavy lifting of kegs. The technical solution is efficient and easy to use. It has also been very reliable.”
Mikael Dugge Engström Founder & CEO of Dugges Brewery
Learn more about why you should chose TAWI.