The ground service trucks also called ramp service carriers on the commercial and military airports are heavily utilized for water and toilet servicing in the airport operations. These service trucks play a pivotal role in the proper functioning of aircraft de-icing and toilet/water services regardless of the size and nature of aircrafts.
These service trucks are equipped with tank capacities ranging from 500 to 5,000 liters. To elevate such a huge amount of liquid to a certain level to perform the job of filling and evacuating aircrafts, the use of Hydraulic Power Pack is what makes all this possible.
Hydraulic power packs have oil tanks in which basic frames have -
- A horizontally or vertically mounted flange
- Electricity-driven motor coupled through a gear coupling to vane pump
- Gear pump &
- Piston pump
This hydraulic set up entirely depends upon pressure and capacity. The suction slope of the pump is equipped with a strainer that is capable of straining different particles of micron size. The discharge side of the pump is joined with manifold block directional controller valves mounted on the upper part. These valves are properly interconnected in the block through drill passages to carry off inter connecting piping. These power packs are simply a prerequisite in the proper positioning and functioning of aircraft test stand too.
On the manufacturing front, there are companies in India that deliver global quality hydraulic solutions to their clientele. Dantal is one of the leaders in the same field that has earned a formidable reputation among the makers of aircraft test stands and hydraulic power packs.
