Difference between revisions of "Modaso"
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[[Image:03-Crew.jpg|thumb|right| The crew]] | [[Image:03-Crew.jpg|thumb|right| The crew]] | ||
[[Image:03-Crew-b.jpg|thumb|left| Drilling crew in full gear]] | [[Image:03-Crew-b.jpg|thumb|left| Drilling crew in full gear]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:04-Drillbit.jpg|thumb|left| The drill bit in action]] | ||
| + | [[Image:05-FullSwing.jpg|thumb|right| In full swing]] | ||
| + | [[Image:10-FullSwing-b.jpg|thumb|leftt| In full swing]] | ||
| + | [[Image:11-Lunchtime.jpg|thumb|right| Lunchtime]] | ||
| + | [[Image:06-hole.jpg|thumb|left| drill hole]] | ||
| + | [[Image:09-BitHolder.jpg|thumb|right| broken bit holder]] | ||
| + | [[Image:09-BitHolder-b.jpg|thumb|left| fixed bit holder]] | ||
| + | [[Image:09-BitHolder-c.jpg|thumb|right| bit holder attached]] | ||
| + | [[Image:09-BitHolder-d.jpg|thumb|left| bit holder attached]] | ||
Revision as of 06:21, 5 September 2016
EcoSan Ghana drilled for water in front of a primary school in Modaso (Diaso district), Ghana, using a FloFlo drill tower (percussion drilling).
The FloFlo is an ancient drilling tool, modernised by dutchman Floris de Vos in 2011 (see Facebook page) The FloFlo employs a hoist using a three legged tower. The drillbit is repeatedly hoisted and released to pulvarise the hard soil as it hits the ground. Once a substantial amount of soil has been pulvarised, the drillbit is replaced by the bailer, equiped with a valve, to pull out the soil. Thus it is manpower driven drill tool. Anyone can do it, and it is cheap and efficient.
