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
Sustainable Processor of the Year
Sustainable processor of the year: Smithfield foods embraces environmental stewardship
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FSMA HARPC Update
While it may not seem like much is happening, a lot of work is going on behind the scenes to keep FSMA on track.
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Engineering R&D
Defense technology now applied in the food industry
MIT-Lincoln Laboratory research into rapid screening for anthrax and other dangerous pathogens has found its way into the food industry to detect both airborne and surface pathogens.
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State of Food Manufacturing
The state of food manufacturing: The need for speed
A focus on lean manufacturing, quality improvements and increased automation helps processors meet rapidly changing demands.
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Engineering R&D
The fantastic voyage of a temperature probe
Best way to measure the internal process temperature of a cooking stage: Send an RFID probe through the process piping!
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