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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

Tubular drag conveyor

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 3, 2012
Modern Process Equipment’s Chain-Vey tubular drag conveyor incorporates an integrated drive unit to save space in cramped locations.
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Vibratory screeners

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 3, 2012
Triple/S Dynamics’ Longhorn vibratory screeners move only the screen cloth through a vibrating rail.
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Milling equipment

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 3, 2012
The Fitzpatrick Company’s B Series FitzMill Comminutor line has a fixed chamber attached to the mill base.
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Bin activator

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 3, 2012
Spiroflow Systems’ adjustable bin activator controls the discharge of powders and granules.
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Rotary feeders

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 3, 2012
ACS Valves’ Aero-Flow Series rotary feeders for food and bakery processing applications provide an air-assisted material introduction to pneumatic conveying systems.
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Storage systems

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 3, 2012
NBE bulk material storage systems function as process-critical elements in integrated bulk material processing or packaging operations.
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Magnetic separators

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 3, 2012
Eriez Magnetic Hump magnetic separators remove tramp iron contamination from gravity or pneumatically fed dry, free-flowing products such as feed, grain and food stuffs.
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Trust, but verify

You can never be too cautious when you buy ingredients from around the world.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 10, 2012
Whether it’s your suppliers or process, analytical instrumentation can confirm the quality of your ingredients and assure your process is efficient, safe and under control.
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Tech Update: Preventing dust explosions

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 10, 2012
While understanding the physics of dust explosions can require college math, using the old eyeballs and some simple cleaning tools can go a long way in preventing a catastrophe.
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Sieving systems speed tea production

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 6, 2012

Two new sieves, part of bag-tipping stations, double screening capacity and make it easy to change and clean screens.


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