Many hydraulic systems that have been in operation for several years are planned to be used further on some time. As nowadays the design objectives and possibilities are a lot more focused on energy efficiency than at the time these machines were build, retrofit activities such as energetic optimization are often useful in existing installations.The clamping powerpack of an automated milling station is examined according to the control strategy of the pump motor by systematic measuring and recording of all relevant system parameters like operating status of the motor, activation status of control valves and pressure switches as well as the different hydraulic pressures in the system.The system evaluation showed that the motor is driven at constant speed on demand by the controller of the milling station but with a time limited switch-on time, which leads to high losses due to oil flow over the systems relief valve. By improving the hydraulic system design, due to the addition of a pressure accumulator, and changing the control signal of the motor to a separate pressure switch, the energy consumption of the clamping powerpack is reduced by 89 %. In addition, the hydraulic oil viscosity was found to have no significant influence on the efficiency of the powerpack, which was presumed because of the specific application, where pressure, not flow, is the predominant parameter.