This machine is part of the machine room. The machine room pulls the maple sap from the trees into an IBC which I use for main storage then runs it through an RO system to reduce the amount of water in the sap and to concentrate the sugar. When the sap comes out of the tree it is around 2 to 3 percent sugar. Maple syrup is 66% sugar. The sugar is increased byh boiling. Large producers use oil or gas fired boilers. We use a wood fired boiler. The RO raises the sugar level to around 10% sugar which means that 70% of the work of getting from 3 percent to 66% is already done.