WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER
05-11-2015, 09:04 PM
Maple Workshop & Seminar
Maple syrup producers here’s a chance to increase your output. The West Virginia Maple Syrup Producers Association is sponsoring two, 1-day workshops focusing on natural vacuum and the 3/16th advantage.
Not every day during the maple season is great for sap flow. However, Timothy Wilmot, a research scientist with the University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center has discovered a way to use a sap collection system with small diameter tubing and natural gravity to produce sap that rivals that of the best sap pumps.
Wilmot will present his theory and then demonstrate it in the field installing a 3/16th inch tubing system.
West Virginia maple syrup producer Brandon Daniels, who owns Daniels Maple Products in Dawson, WV installed over 400 taps on 3/16th before this past season and it out produced traditional gravity 5/16th tubing more than 5 to 1.
Seminar will also focus on advantages of mechanical vacuum, setting up woods properly, proper tapping guidelines and time and energy saving in the processing of sap and possibly other subjects as time permits.
The workshops will take place on Thursday June 4, 2015 at Mark Bower’s Sugar Camp in Petersburg, WV and again on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Brandon Daniels’ Camp in Dawson, WV. Both run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free but pre-registration is required. Contact Maple Syrup Producers Association Secretary Cathy Hervey at (304)737-1889 or email wvmaplesyrupproducers@gmail.com.
Directions:
Participants for the June 4th event will meet at the Landes Ruritan Building, 5 miles south of Petersburg on US Route 220 and travel to Mark Bower’s Sugar Camp from there.
To Brandon Daniels camp from Lewisburg, take I-64 West 19 miles to exit 150. At top of ramp, take right and sugarhouse is 1.5 miles on the right and address is 1747 Morris Branch Road. Just past sugarhouse on the left is additional parking at Morris Fork Baptist Church.
From Beckley, take I-64 east for 25 miles to exit 150 Dawson. At top of ramp, take left and sugarhouse is 1.6 miles on right and address is 1747 Morris Branch Road and additional parking just past sugarhouse on left at Morris Fork Baptist Church.
Owner Brandon Daniels can be reached on his cell at (304) 575-7266, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniels-Maple-Syrup/247074462098604?fref=ts, or email address: wvmapler@suddenlink.net
Natural Vacuum and the 3/16th Advantage
A Workshop Presented by Timothy Wilmot and Sponsored by the West Virginia Maple Syrup Producers Association
One of the biggest advances in maple sap collection efficiency came when 5/16th inch diameter plastic tubing was introduced to the sugarbush. One of the biggest advances in maple sap production came when a vacuum was applied to those tubes.
Artificial vacuum, initially achieved by repurposing dairy milking machines, and later through specialized vacuum pumps and sap releasers, increases the quantity and duration of sap flow, especially on those days when weather conditions would dictate only a marginal run.
That increased production, however, comes at a cost. Vacuum pumps and releasers are not cheap, and need a power source. Enter the 3/16th advantage. Research conducted by Tim Wilmot at the University of Vermont’s Proctor Maple Research Center has shown a correctly set up sap collection system, using small diameter tubing on a slope and relying on only natural, gravity vacuum can often produce sap yields that rival those of the best sap pumps.
Enter the West Virginia advantage. We got slope.
On Thursday June 4th at Mark Bowers Sugar Camp, Petersburg WV, and again on Saturday June 6th Brandon Daniels Camp, Dawson WV, Tim Wilmot will be conducting a workshop that includes the theoretical and practical applications of natural vacuum tubing systems.
For close to three decades, Tim has been a research scientist at the University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center. During that time he has made significant contributions to our understanding of maple tree nutrition, spring sap flow mechanisms, maple product food safety and tapping intensity. Recently his research agenda has focused on natural vacuum sap collection systems. Seminar will also focus on advantages of mechanical vacuum, setting up woods properly, proper tapping guidelines and time and energy saving in the processing of sap.
Workshop agenda: (repeated at both locations)
8:30 Sign in and Coffee hour
10:00 – 10:30 Introductions and Welcome
10:30 – 12:00 Presentation on the theory and practicality of natural vacuum systems
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch - presentation on financing the expanding industry by the Farm Credit Bureau
1:00 - 4:00 Field demonstration on installing a 3/16th inch tubing system
The event is free but pre-registration is required. Contact Association Secretary Cathy Hervey at (304) 737-1889 or email wvmaplesyrupproducers@gmail.com.
Maple syrup producers here’s a chance to increase your output. The West Virginia Maple Syrup Producers Association is sponsoring two, 1-day workshops focusing on natural vacuum and the 3/16th advantage.
Not every day during the maple season is great for sap flow. However, Timothy Wilmot, a research scientist with the University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center has discovered a way to use a sap collection system with small diameter tubing and natural gravity to produce sap that rivals that of the best sap pumps.
Wilmot will present his theory and then demonstrate it in the field installing a 3/16th inch tubing system.
West Virginia maple syrup producer Brandon Daniels, who owns Daniels Maple Products in Dawson, WV installed over 400 taps on 3/16th before this past season and it out produced traditional gravity 5/16th tubing more than 5 to 1.
Seminar will also focus on advantages of mechanical vacuum, setting up woods properly, proper tapping guidelines and time and energy saving in the processing of sap and possibly other subjects as time permits.
The workshops will take place on Thursday June 4, 2015 at Mark Bower’s Sugar Camp in Petersburg, WV and again on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Brandon Daniels’ Camp in Dawson, WV. Both run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free but pre-registration is required. Contact Maple Syrup Producers Association Secretary Cathy Hervey at (304)737-1889 or email wvmaplesyrupproducers@gmail.com.
Directions:
Participants for the June 4th event will meet at the Landes Ruritan Building, 5 miles south of Petersburg on US Route 220 and travel to Mark Bower’s Sugar Camp from there.
To Brandon Daniels camp from Lewisburg, take I-64 West 19 miles to exit 150. At top of ramp, take right and sugarhouse is 1.5 miles on the right and address is 1747 Morris Branch Road. Just past sugarhouse on the left is additional parking at Morris Fork Baptist Church.
From Beckley, take I-64 east for 25 miles to exit 150 Dawson. At top of ramp, take left and sugarhouse is 1.6 miles on right and address is 1747 Morris Branch Road and additional parking just past sugarhouse on left at Morris Fork Baptist Church.
Owner Brandon Daniels can be reached on his cell at (304) 575-7266, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniels-Maple-Syrup/247074462098604?fref=ts, or email address: wvmapler@suddenlink.net
Natural Vacuum and the 3/16th Advantage
A Workshop Presented by Timothy Wilmot and Sponsored by the West Virginia Maple Syrup Producers Association
One of the biggest advances in maple sap collection efficiency came when 5/16th inch diameter plastic tubing was introduced to the sugarbush. One of the biggest advances in maple sap production came when a vacuum was applied to those tubes.
Artificial vacuum, initially achieved by repurposing dairy milking machines, and later through specialized vacuum pumps and sap releasers, increases the quantity and duration of sap flow, especially on those days when weather conditions would dictate only a marginal run.
That increased production, however, comes at a cost. Vacuum pumps and releasers are not cheap, and need a power source. Enter the 3/16th advantage. Research conducted by Tim Wilmot at the University of Vermont’s Proctor Maple Research Center has shown a correctly set up sap collection system, using small diameter tubing on a slope and relying on only natural, gravity vacuum can often produce sap yields that rival those of the best sap pumps.
Enter the West Virginia advantage. We got slope.
On Thursday June 4th at Mark Bowers Sugar Camp, Petersburg WV, and again on Saturday June 6th Brandon Daniels Camp, Dawson WV, Tim Wilmot will be conducting a workshop that includes the theoretical and practical applications of natural vacuum tubing systems.
For close to three decades, Tim has been a research scientist at the University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center. During that time he has made significant contributions to our understanding of maple tree nutrition, spring sap flow mechanisms, maple product food safety and tapping intensity. Recently his research agenda has focused on natural vacuum sap collection systems. Seminar will also focus on advantages of mechanical vacuum, setting up woods properly, proper tapping guidelines and time and energy saving in the processing of sap.
Workshop agenda: (repeated at both locations)
8:30 Sign in and Coffee hour
10:00 – 10:30 Introductions and Welcome
10:30 – 12:00 Presentation on the theory and practicality of natural vacuum systems
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch - presentation on financing the expanding industry by the Farm Credit Bureau
1:00 - 4:00 Field demonstration on installing a 3/16th inch tubing system
The event is free but pre-registration is required. Contact Association Secretary Cathy Hervey at (304) 737-1889 or email wvmaplesyrupproducers@gmail.com.