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
Tech Update: Model Predictive Control
Predict the future: Get control of your process
Model predictive control, often used in high-value chemical/petrochemical applications, has its place in food and beverage applications, too.
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Food Safety
Avoid labeling-related recalls
Tips and techniques to get labels right the first time, every time.
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Automation Series
The rise of robotic automation
Robotics can play a role in pick-and-place, packaging, case packing and palletizing processes, but how do you know where to implement robotic automation?
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