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Wayne Labs

Wayne Labs

Wayne Labs has more than 30 years of editorial experience in industrial automation. He served as senior technical editor for I&CS/Control Solutions magazine for 18 years where he covered software, control system hardware and sensors/transmitters. Labs ran his own consulting business and contributed feature articles to Electronic Design, Control, Control Design, Industrial Networking and Food Engineering magazines. Before joining Food Engineering, he served as a senior technical editor for Omega Engineering Inc. Labs also worked in wireless systems and served as a field engineer for GE’s Mobile Communications Division and as a systems engineer for Bucks County Emergency Services. In addition to writing technical feature articles, Wayne covers FE’s Engineering R&D section.

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Pork Tendons Pre-DCD
Engineering R&D

Proteins: Use the entire animal

Tools now exist to make the use of animals as food sources more sustainable.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 4, 2021

While most food processors aren’t yet relying only on plants for protein sources, the tools now exist to make more sustainable use of animals as food sources, and highly nutritious ones at that.


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New insulation on dairy piping saves energy and reduces the chance of bacterial cross-contamination
Insulating pipes

Hygienic process insulation solves dairy coop condensation issues, saves energy

Kamataka Milk Producers replaced aging and cracking foam and nitrile rubber insulation, reducing the potential for bacterial cross contamination
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 22, 2021
Replacing aging insulation on piping not only reduces the potential of developing bacterial cross-contamination, but also saves energy.
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FE 0921 Fermentation Beer Pour
Fermentation

Getting Consistent Results from Fermentation

If you don’t measure it, you can’t control it, so having the right data means a great, consistent batch every time.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 10, 2021

If you don’t measure it, you can’t control it, so having the right data means a great, consistent batch every time


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FE 0921 Eng R&D: 50 GPM Skids
Engineering R&D

Novel Pasteurization Technique Extends Shelf Life of Milk

Not to be confused with UHT and HTST pasteurization techniques, MST combines the effects of a temperature spike with a drop in pressure to accomplish pasteurization in milliseconds
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 10, 2021

Suppose you want a process to pasteurize milk without shearing it—while keeping the flavors in and killing any bugs along the way, extending the shelf life beyond ordinary pasteurization. This new technology, Millisecond Technology (MST), offers dairy producers long-life products with the same nutritional values that consumers want. 


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Automatic scraper strainers can remove waste from raw water.
Water filtration

Strainers with automatic scraping prevent clogging and fouling in water/liquid filtration

While these devices can filter out micron-sized particles, they also minimize downtime normally associated with manual cleaning and blowdowns
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 8, 2021

Automatic strainers have many uses, for example, providing necessary filtration for process cooling water, liquid product, and wastewater treatment. Each application requires the removal of suspended solids of various sizes to attain certain characteristics or qualities.


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Engineering R&D

Squeezing Extra Sensitivity Out of X-ray Detection Systems

Several improvements in hardware, software and algorithms make consistently spotting 0.3 mm stainless steel fragments in food possible
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 16, 2021
Several improvements in X-ray hardware, software and algorithms make consistently spotting 0.3 mm stainless steel fragments in food possible.
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Keeping PFAS out of food packaging
Packaging: Health & environment

Removing the forever chemicals from packaging

Two companies formed a joint effort to create an open source chemical replacement for PFAS in food packaging carry-out containers and the like
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 13, 2021

While the FDA over the years has allowed PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) to be used in paper and paperboard food packaging, it certainly makes sense today to eliminate as much PFAS as possible from the environment, because these chemicals (like the ones used in firefighting foams) simply don’t go away—they don’t naturally decompose—hence they’ve become known as the “forever chemicals.”


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FE 0821 SW Updates FE 0821 SW Updates Field Expert. Source: Endress+Hauser
Software

Managing and Surviving Software Updates

Surviving a firmware, application software or a Windows update can at times seem impossible…
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 13, 2021

So you put off upgrades and updates as long as possible because you can’t afford the downtime. But doing nothing can lead to an even worse downtime scenario.


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Cargill and Continental Grain Company acquire Sanderson Farms
Mergers & Acquisitions

Cargill, Continental Grain to acquire Sanderson Farms

Cargill and Continental Grain have formed a joint venture to acquire Sanderson to create a leading U.S. poultry company
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 9, 2021

Cargill, Continental Grain Company and Sanderson Farms, Inc. have reached a definitive agreement for a joint venture between Cargill and Continental Grain to acquire Sanderson Farms for $203 per share in cash. This represents a total equity value for Sanderson Farms of $4.53 billion.


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Mackie’s of Scotland makes ice cream from its own dairy herd
Spiral freezers

Spiral freezer provides quality ice cream maker efficient, environmentally friendly operation

Based on carbon dioxide refrigerant, the freezer is not only friendly to the environment but also safe to use, providing consistent product freezing
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 5, 2021

Mackie’s of Scotland has been producing luxury ice cream using milk and dairy from its own herd since 1986 from its fourth generation family farm in Aberdeenshire. Recently, cooling equipment experts at Starfrost, a full-service global refrigeration supplier specializing in CO2 and ammonia systems, partnered with Mackie’s of Scotland to install highly efficient freezing technology to improve and expand ice cream production at its dairy.


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