Vacuum & RO

New diaphragm from Bosworth will last whole season

Peter Gregg | October 21, 2023

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I.—New diaphraghms from The Bosworth Co. will last all season.

Bosworth, famous for their Guzzler line of pumps, has developed and will be mass producing new diaphragms made from a rubber material that will hold up and maintain through an entire sugaring season.

On a single diaphragm.

The new Made-in-USA diaphragms are made from an FDA-approved food-grade material called Santoprene.

“This will last through a whole season,” said CEO Doug Reilly.

In fact, in the company’s “test shed” in the back of their factory, Reilly and his production team have been running a Guzzler pump on one single Santoprene diaphragm continuously since December of 2022. [ MORE ]

Bosworth Co. introduces new pump and diaphragm

Peter Gregg | October 4, 2023

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Bosworth Company is on a roll.

The company has become famous in the maple industry for their diaphragm pumps, which they market under the “Guzzler” brand name.

The pumps are economical and can pull upwards of 28 or even 29 inches of mercury vacuum if sugarmakers are vigilant about checking leaks and keeping the valves wet.

“All of our Guzzler pumps would qualify as high vacuum pumps,” said Douglas L. Reilly, President & CEO, during an interview with The Maple News.

Now this fall the company has two big new announcements.

They are introducing a new pump called the “Quad” which will house four diaphragms and is rated to work for sugarbushes of up to 1800 taps.
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Lapierre showcases new RO for small scale producers

Stan Maddux | August 9, 2021

WYEBRIDGE, Ont.—Sugarmakers on a smaller scale can now remove water from sap with a new reverse osmosis machine that might better fit their budget.

Lapierre Equipment introduced its 1000 Series R.O. during the annual meeting of the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association annual meeting on July 22.

Steve Bedard, Regional Sales Manager for Lapierre in Ontario gave a presentation about the machine, which he said is best suited for producers with 1,500 or less taps.

Bedard said the less-costly model was in response to producers who don’t make enough syrup to justify the expense of a larger, higher priced model.

“That’s why we decided to come up with the smaller version,” he said. [ MORE ]

SapCheck gets patent for its text-based sugarbush monitor

Peter Gregg | February 23, 2021

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Bosworth Co. has been awarded a U.S. Patent for SapCheck, its popular pump monitoring and control system.

SapCheck is designed for remote monitoring and control of vacuum pumps at small sugarbushes.

SapCheck uses SMS text message commands to monitor and control sap collection activity from cell phones. [ MORE ]

High brix researched at Proctor Center

Paul Post | June 9, 2017

New high-brix concentration reverse osmosis technology cuts fuel costs without sacrificing any of the flavor consumers look for in quality maple products.
But attempting to use it with an existing evaporator, is akin to putting a Hemi engine on your grandfather’s 1939 John Deere tractor — an exaggeration perhaps, but the point is clear.
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Automated R/O introduced to market

Peter Gregg |

Brush off that easy chair in the sugarhouse.

A new R/O is now on the market that is completely automated, programmed to carry out virtually every function on its own from starting and stopping to washing and flushing. [ MORE ]