ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD WINNER March 1st 2004 B&B Attachments has won the prestigious FLTA Award in the Environment category, sponsored by Chloride Motive Power.
The company designed and built a special rig to handle partially corroded drums of uranium oxide and repack them into stainless steel overpack drums for BNFL Environmental Services.
The rig was specifically designed to be used in conjunction with a specially adapted 3.5t forklift from Still, joint award winner.
Components used included a special mast with upper and lower lift, a sideshifting extender connected to a higher lift that can reach out to 2300mm and semi automatic drum tongs connected to the end of the extender.
A Kaup 2T415 sideshifting drum clamp with special rubber arms is connected to the lower lift. The forklift also has two cameras and split monitors. More articles from B & B Attachments: |