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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.

Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Articles

ARTICLES

label and date code inspection system
Automation

Advances in Vision Inspection Systems

Artificial intelligence is already being integrated into some machine vision inspection systems, but you can expect it take off soon
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 23, 2018
If you own a modern DSLR or video camera, you’ve already benefitted from vast improvements in lens technology, sensors and the software/firmware that runs your camera.
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Bush Brothers
Sustainability

Bush Brothers wins Design-Build Institute of America National Merit Award

Company’s rural Tennessee process water reclamation facility handles 2.1 million gallons per day
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 19, 2018

Bush Brothers and Company’s new $55 million Process Water Reclamation Facility (PWRF) has won a Design-Build Institute of America National Merit Award.


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Sustainable Plant of the Year

Food Engineering's 2018 Sustainable Plant of the Year: How Dairy Farmers of America goes green

DFA's Garden City milk dryer operation is a tightly knit system of controls and machinery that eke out energy savings and make perfect product with little to no waste
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 14, 2018
Any milk dryer operation uses a lot of energy, and when you have the biggest operation in North America, you use…a lot of energy.
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Rockwell ODVA
Innovation

Rockwell Automation introduces industrial control devices to support ODVA’s CIP Security

CIP security defines security-related requirements and capabilities for EtherNet/IP devices
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 13, 2018

Rockwell Automation has announced new industrial control products to include CIP Security.


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Berks
Field Reports

Meat packager provides portion-controlled meat and cheese

Processors gain a competitive edge by providing QSR and grab n’ go deli establishments with ready-to-use, pre-sliced, interleaved portions of meat and cheese
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 6, 2018

With many foodservice operations—including quick-serve restaurants (QSRs) and delis—tightening costs by discontinuing in-store meat slicing, often processors must assume that function. In response, Berks Packing Company, a family owned Reading, Pennsylvania based meat processor, took steps to expand its slicing and interleaving capabilities.


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Ignition
Industry News

OPC Foundation appoints Stefan Hoppe as its new president and executive director

Former President and Executive Director Thomas J. Burke nominated Stefan Hoppe as his successor
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 5, 2018

Stefan Hoppe was named president and executive director of the OPC Foundation after being nominated by its former director, Thomas J. Burke, who resigned during the last Board of Directors meeting. Hoppe was elected by the board in the same meeting.


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Weighing standard
Automation

International Weighing Technology Initiative proposes standardized communications interface

The communications specification is based on the OPC Foundation’s OPC UA
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 5, 2018

The International Weighing Technology Initiative met for the first time on October 16th to focus on setting a standardized communication interface for weighing instruments. To date, there hasn’t been a real focus on standardizing the digitization of the weighing industry.


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Ignition
Innovation

Inductive Automation announces Ignition Firebrand awards

Winning projects show versatility of programming Ignition industrial applications
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 5, 2018

Inductive Automation selected the recipients of its Ignition Firebrand Awards for 2018, which were presented at the recent Ignition Community Conference (ICC) in September, 2018. Several entries included food applications.


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Maitres Laitiers du Cotentin
Software

French dairy co-op chooses a new and safer data backup system

The dairy gains faster backups and restores with protection against ransomware
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 30, 2018

Leading French dairy cooperative Maitres Laitiers du Cotentin (MLC) has deployed a combination of Quantum Corporation’s DXi deduplication appliances and Veeam software to meet the challenges of skyrocketing data growth and malware threats.


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Kellogg
Sustainability

Kellogg announces 100 percent sustainable packaging goal

The manufacturer has set its sights on 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by the end of 2025
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 26, 2018

The Kellogg Company is expanding its global sustainability commitments to include a goal of working towards total (100 percent) reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by the end of 2025.


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