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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
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ARTICLES

Powder induction

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2012

Powder Technologies’ YSTRAL Conti-TDS offers powder induction, wetting and dispersing of an agglomerate-free liquid using the same machine.


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Pleated filter cartridge

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2012

Powder-Solutions’ PSI-Pleat filter cartridge solves the problems of excessive dust cake accumulation and time-consuming replacement.


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Vacuum conveyor

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2012

Piab’s piFLOWp vacuum conveyor develops a vacuum through the use of COAX cartridges.


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Food-grade attrition mill

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2012

Munson’s Model SK-30-SS food-grade attrition mill produces particles within a size range of 10 to 100 mesh.


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Dried fruit grinder

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2012

Modern Process Equipment Corporation’s dried fruit Gran-U-Lizer employs a roller-style method.


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Fluid bed drying system

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2012

Kason’s Vibro-Bed circular fluid bed drying system integrates a 30-in. (762mm) diameter fluid bed processing chamber with an electric heater, blower and control panel on 2 shippable frames ready for onsite connection to a power source, dust collector and material inlet/outlet.


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Flexible screw conveyors

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2012

Hapman’s Helix 300 Series stainless steel (SS), flexible screw conveyor earned the USDA Equipment Acceptance Certificate for use in USDA dairy grading branch facilities.


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Rotary feeders

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2012

ACS Valves’ MD Series of rotary feeders are constructed with an 8-vane rotary valve that ensures proper pressure sealing at the inlet and outlet flange.


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Bulk-bag filling system

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2012

Flexicon’s mobile bulk-bag filling system features an integral metal detector/separator, tilt-down flexible screw conveyor for dust-free filling, Twin-Centerpost bulk-bag filler, air displacement vent and programmable controls housed in a SS NEMA 4X enclosure with a touch screen that graphically displays filling functions.


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Metal separator

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2012

Eriez’s Model FF4 metal separator is used to inspect dry bulk products under gravity free-fall conditions, and works in other food industry applications where high sensitivity is required.


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