These tongs are ideal for handling metal billets. The pad indents with machined grooves in the pad. The pads are mounted on trunnions so that the material may be rotated from horizontal to vertical or vertical to horizontal. The compound link system allows for a slight range may be lifted by these tongs. In order for a trunnion to work, it must be inline. As a tong arm rotates, it is only inline at one diameter. By using this compound linkage the trunnion remain in a near inline position and allowing the pads to rotate. These tongs are supplied with a semi-automatic latch which requires an operator to latch the tong to disengage the billet.
Other pad arrangements are available.
These tongs are all made to order. Please contact us at Sales@DownsCrane.com . to get a quote on these tongs.
The sizes and capacities listed above are a reference to the most common sizes of this equipment. If you have a different capacity, irregular size or some other need that must be met by our equipment, we will be happy to design one of these pieces of equipment to meet your special needs while also meeting or exceeding our interpretation of the appropriate ANSI / ASME. standards.
Improper use of lifting equipment may cause serious injury or death.
Only a Qualified Operator, as defined by the ASME B30.20 Standards, shall operate equipment.
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