{"id":3028,"date":"2015-05-21T05:57:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T10:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2015-05-22T09:14:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T14:14:44","slug":"successful-repairs-to-small-hydro-mechanical-dams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2015\/05\/successful-repairs-to-small-hydro-mechanical-dams\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful repairs to small hydro-mechanical dams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently M. Alfred Zondo and mechanic Blaise completed needed repairs to several small hydro-mechanical dams.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3024\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/bearings-old-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3024\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3024\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/bearings-old-640x480-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"old, worn out bearings\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">old, worn out bearings<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3023\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/bearings-new-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3023\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3023\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/bearings-new-640x480-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"new bearings installed\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">new bearings installed<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These dams and turbines harness water power and use it to power a flour mill which in turn saves village women LOTS of time because they don&#8217;t have to spend hours pounding their corn and manioc into flour.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"girl pouding corn\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/32570808?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the images, some of the repairs were simply replacing old bearings and belts with new ones and the mill worked fine once again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3025\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/bearings-removing-old-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3025\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3025\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/bearings-removing-old-640x480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wrestling to remove old bearing\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/bearings-removing-old-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/bearings-removing-old-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">wrestling to remove old bearing<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3026\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/new-parts-installed-view-of-bearing-pulley-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3026\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3026\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/new-parts-installed-view-of-bearing-pulley-640x480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"new bearing in place\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/new-parts-installed-view-of-bearing-pulley-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/new-parts-installed-view-of-bearing-pulley-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">new bearing in place<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3017\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/new-bearing-belt-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3017\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3017\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/new-bearing-belt-640x480-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"repair complete\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/new-bearing-belt-640x480-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/new-bearing-belt-640x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">repair complete<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to World Hope Canada, their representative Sheldon Gilmer and the CEUM staff for taking on this project.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3020\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/new-installation-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3020\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3020\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/new-installation-640x480-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"floor of new flue too turbine\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" 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