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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

Tech Update: Clean-in-Place Equipment

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
October 1, 2010
Food safety concerns require effective and shorter cleaning times. As a result, CIP components must withstand higher temperatures and harsher chemicals.
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Tech Update: Cooling & Freezing Equipment

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 1, 2010
Today’s economy creates hard choices for processors selecting cooling and freezing equipment systems. But solutions exist to decrease energy usage and convert the reject heat of cooling to useful energy to heat water.
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Supply Chain Efficiency Starts at the Top

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 1, 2010
There are many tools to make supply chains respond to quick and unplanned changes, but success must begin with senior management.
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Plant Construction Survey: Era of Intelligent Asset Management

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
July 1, 2010
Evaluate, consolidate, concentrate, relocate, truncate, terminate and expurgate. These words describe actions processors have taken to survive the recession.
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Tech Update: Size Reduction

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
June 1, 2010
While obtaining optimal yield is a priority in size reduction applications, other factors such as food safety, operator safety and equipment reliability are key concerns.
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Tech Update: Conveying and Belting

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
May 1, 2010
While conveyors may not be the highest-tech devices on the plant floor, current processor demands are bringing them up to speed.
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Essential Guide to Manufacturing Software

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
May 1, 2010
Intelligence is power, and processors require actionable, well-rounded intelligence to remain profitable.

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Processor saves money buying in bulk

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
April 1, 2010
Bulk-bag discharger allows the purchase of 1-ton bags of ingredients instead of multiple, smaller and more costly bags.
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Tech Update: Pumping Systems

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
April 1, 2010
Processors are looking for efficient, CIP-able pumping systems at reasonable costs to perform more challenging tasks.
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Tech Update: Mixing and Blending

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
February 1, 2010
Complete knowledge of your process and product can improve quality and yield.
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