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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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Manufacturing News

Practice makes perfect, especially when it comes to food safety

Employees need feedback on how well they're doing their jobs.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2013

 Procedures should be explained and performance evaluated according to an objective, predefined measurement system.  


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TECH FLASH

Cool energy waste in your refrigeration systems!

Energy audits can spot potential waste and provide short-term fixes, but a refrigeration energy management system can keep temperatures and costs cool.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 25, 2013

A modular energy management system can keep a facility’s cooling costs under control.


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Regulatory Watch

Farm Bill debate continues

At issue is the Dairy Market Stabilization Program, which is opposed by many dairy manufacturers.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 14, 2013
At issue is the Dairy Market Stabilization Program, which is opposed by many dairy manufacturers.
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Sustainable Plant of the Year

Plumrose Council Bluffs: Lean, mean and fully automated

Automating an entire raw meat cooking and packaging plant saves water, cuts energy usage and gets the product perfect the first time—without rework.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 8, 2013

The facility was not only constructed with sustainability in mind, but sustainability can be found everywhere you look. 


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Field Reports

X-Ray systems see through yogurt containers…and cases

Metal detection systems can’t see through foil lids, nor can they detect stones, pits, and other non-metallic foreign objects.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 8, 2013

 X-ray systems detect foreign objects by measuring the density of product and detecting differences or irregularities. 


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Field Reports

Pasta and potatoes, presto!

New rotary continuous cooking and cooling system processes more than 3,000 lbs. of pasta and potatoes per hour.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 8, 2013

 

Wedges and slices presented challenges for traditional cooking and cooling methods.


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Food Safety

HACCP software: Get with the program!

From HACCP forms generation to automated track-and-trace systems, affordable software tools make FSMA compliance easier for small and medium-sized processors, and can reduce the potential of recalls.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 8, 2013
Most operations can’t afford to be without HACCP software.
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Best Practices

Automation tales from the trenches

Best practices in setting up and implementing automation systems go a long way to making a processor more successful than its peers.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 8, 2013

 Technologies must be properly applied after careful planning to ascertain where and what to automate. 


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Manufacturing News

Energy savings and innovation key drivers at IBIE 2013

Key drivers in both equipment and software design included compliance with food safety regulations, energy savings and innovation.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 8, 2013

The show offered opportunities to learn how to improve the craft of baking at every level.


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Manufacturing News

New poultry, hog inspection protocols under fire

The Government Accountability Office says there is insufficient data to verify the quality or safety of food these programs could deliver.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 11, 2013

 Other media sources claim the pilot programs fail to stop contaminated meat from entering the supply chain.


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