Manual Tipping Station

Manual drum lifter rotator suitable for decanting 205 litre drums into process vessels. A slew ring provides 360 degree rotation.

STS manufactured this manual tipping station for a customer who was restricted by the space in front of their vessel and therefore required a unit to lift and tilt drums on their side. The unit has two main features:

Manual lift function- The unit was fitted with a manual-hydraulic hand pump similar to that found on our manual universal drum rotator. Lifting a drum to the required height was easy and safe, operators simply pumped the handle to raise the drum up to the desired height. The pump was specified so that the amount of force required to lift a drum is safe and within the manual handling guidelines. With no powered features the unit does not require charging, there are no batteries to maintain and the unit requires minimal maintenance.

Sideways drum rotation

The customer was limited in space and therefore required a unit to tip sideways. The unit was fitted with a manually-operated slew ring which operators could easily rotate using a removable handle; the slew ring rotated through 360 degrees. Operators secured the drum in place using a simple dual ratchet and strap arrangement. Rubber pads were fitted within the drum band to remove any risk of drum slippage during the life of the unit.