LINE SHAFT AND SUB TURBINES, YAKIMA
Line Shaft & Sub Turbines in Yakima, WA
Yearly maintenance, repairs and replacements on line shaft and submersible turbine pumps and their motors, pulled with Akland's own rig.
Chapter 01
When a turbine pump or its motor goes down in season
A line shaft or submersible turbine sits at the bottom of a deep well, and everything above it is a long way to look. The first sign is usually at the surface: the discharge is down, the motor is drawing differently, or something has started to sound wrong. By the time it stops, the question is whether the bowls, the column, the shaft or the motor is the problem.
Akland says it straight: “We here at Akland pump know how important it is to have your Turbine pump up and running.” The hop yards and orchards around Yakima run on these pumps through the heat of the season, so a turbine that is down has a clock running.
Akland's pump rig lifting a red multi-stage turbine bowl assembly out of a well over a concrete pad
A crew with its own rig, and a shop behind it
“We have a crew that knows how to keep your turbine pumps and motors working. They can do yearly maintenance, repairs and replacements.” That is Akland’s own description of the work, and the photos on this page show it: the company rig lifting a red multi-stage turbine bowl assembly out of a well, setting a green-capped vertical motor onto a red pump head, and hanging a long pump column from the mast.
What comes out of the well can be rebuilt at the shop on Fruitvale Blvd. The full service repair shop works on sub-turbine and turbine pumps, and the machinists there have a big green lathe for shaft work.
Pump technicians and electricians work out of the same company, which helps when the motor, the panel and the pump all have a say in the fault.
Chapter 03
Booking the check before the season starts
Akland’s FAQ puts turbine motors on a check every couple of years. That is far easier in the off-season, when the pump is not carrying the farm’s water.
The shop also runs a winter storage program and can store and rebuild pumps over the quiet months, so they are ready ahead of the spring rush.
When you call, say what the pump is, or is not, producing: water down, pressure down, motor tripping, noise. That gives the crew a place to start before anyone is standing at the wellhead. Call (509) 452-7867, Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
Akland Pump & Irrigation, WA licensed plumbing, electrical and general contractor. Call (509) 452-7867.
Three jobs from the field
Every turbine pull starts with the same rig and ends at the same shop. Pumps that need more than a motor swap go to the repair shop, and house or field pumps with simpler needs are on the irrigation pump page and the well pump page.
