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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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ARTICLES

Dust-free solution for stick packs

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
February 6, 2012
Vacuum conveying system cuts spurious dust emissions, makes clean-up simple plus keeps employees out of harm’s way.


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Tech Update: Maintain pumps on your schedule

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
February 6, 2012
With an eye toward maintenance and quick repairs, pump suppliers provide equipment to bolster uptimes.


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The Sustainable Warehouse

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
January 10, 2012
While a sustainable warehouse may seem an altruistic notion, a commitment to saving energy can pay off in a big way


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Tech Update: Metal detection & X-ray inspection

System enhancements keep a protective eye on quality
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
January 10, 2012
Vigilance, metal detection equipment and X-ray inspection systems can help keep contaminants out of your food most of the time.


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Tech Update: Packaging Machine Controls

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2011
Teaching packaging machines to communicate. Thanks to open standards, packaging machine controls communicate up and down the line and with MES and ERP systems to provide key performance data.
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Site Selection: Redefining Location, location. Location

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 5, 2011
What makes location the most important criterion in selecting a site? Transportation, logistics, labor force, water and utility costs—to name a few.
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Tea blend time and degradation cut with rotary mixer

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 1, 2011
Tumble-turn-cut-fold mixing action yields 100% batch uniformity in less than three minutes.
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Indispensable Energy Audits

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
November 1, 2011
Energy audits and management can increase the bottom line, but to be effective, the job is never done.
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Tech Update: Pumps

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 1, 2011
The right pump used for the right application can make a significant difference in energy consumption.
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Tech Update: Robotics

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 1, 2011
After they’ve proved their worth in secondary packaging and grunt applications, robots are slowly making inroads for jobs closer to the process. 
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