David Douglass

Director of Training and Education, Muncie Power Products

David Douglas is director of training and education for Muncie Power Products, which has been serving the truck equipment market with mobile power components and systems for more than 75 years. www.munciepower.com. Part of the global Interpump Hydraulics Group, the company manufactures a full line of power take-offs and hydraulic components to both SAE and DIN (the German Institute for Standardization) specifications.

The process of designing the appropriate mobile hydraulic system starts with the requirements of the work to be done, including how much weight must be lifted by a cylinder and at what speed must a piece of mechanical equipment - product pump, air compressor or winch shaft - be turned.

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Oct. 12, 2012

It all begins with the spec'ing process