The horsepower between an intensifier style pump and a direct drive pump cannot be directly compared. Each style pump has benefits and drawbacks that must be evaluated based upon each user’s application.

The question frequently comes up as to which is better, a direct drive or an intensifier pump. Of course depending upon which manufacturer with which you are talking, you will get different answers. The best way to answer this is to ask the following questions and do your own research:
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 	<li>What percentage of pumps in use today are intensifier as opposed to direct drive?</li>
 	<li>What percentage of new machines being sold today have intensifier pumps versus direct drive?</li>
 	<li>How many businesses have been created to swap out a direct drive pump with a retrofit kit to change over to an intensifier – basically dispose of the direct drive?</li>
 	<li>How many businesses have been created to swap out an intensifier pump for a direct drive – in other words dispose of an intensifier pump?</li>
 	<li>What are the maintenance costs associated with each style pump for the first 1500 hours, including replacement of consumable and spare parts?</li>
 	<li>How much downtime is involved to replace consumable and spare parts on each style pump?</li>
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