ISA Interchange

Welcome to the official blog of the International Society of Automation (ISA).

This blog covers numerous topics on industrial automation such as operations & management, continuous & batch processing, connectivity, manufacturing & machine control, and Industry 4.0.

The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. ISA blog posts may be authored by ISA staff and guest authors from the automation community. Views and opinions expressed by a guest author are solely their own, and do not necessarily represent those of ISA. Posts made by guest authors have been subject to peer review.

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Recent Posts:

Andy Chatha Awarded ISA Honorary Membership

The 2011 Annual ISA Honors and Awards Gala was held on 17 October in Mobile, Alabama. The Honors and...
Contributing Authors Nov 22, 2011 11:18:39 AM

New Enterprise-Control System Integration Standard Issued for Review/Voting

A new draft standard in the widely used ISA95 series has been issued for ISA95 committee balloting, ...
Contributing Authors Nov 14, 2011 6:38:58 PM

Energy Harvesting: Practical Reality for Wireless Sensing

This post was authored by Roy Freeland, president of Perpetuum Ltd and past co-chair of the ISA100.1...
Contributing Authors Nov 9, 2011 1:48:49 PM

ISA12's Production Level Elevated following Meetings

The ISA12 Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Locations meetings in Cape Cod last month culminated in...
Contributing Authors Nov 8, 2011 7:43:16 PM

Developing Manufacturing Skills for Economic Growth

This article was written by Emily Stover DeRocco, former president of The Manufacturing Institute.
Contributing Authors Oct 25, 2011 1:32:28 PM

Liptak to reveal automation irony in technical world

The automation profession’s big irony, according to consultant Bela Liptak, is this: While universit...
Contributing Authors Oct 18, 2011 2:15:28 PM

IEC Product Properties Working Group Completes Two-Day Meeting at ISA

IEC SC65E Working Group 2 held a meeting at ISA in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina on October...
Contributing Authors Oct 13, 2011 6:38:55 PM

Automation Week Keynoter talks real-time optimization

If real-time optimization has been around for the past 30 years, why aren’t more oil and chemical co...
Contributing Authors Oct 10, 2011 7:52:44 PM

ISA99 issues security draft for committee ballot

ISA99, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems, has issued a draft standard for commi...
Contributing Authors Oct 10, 2011 7:04:57 PM

ISA12 Members Maintain a High Activity Level at October Meetings

More than forty ISA12 (Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Locations) Members will gather in Cape Cod...
Contributing Authors Sep 30, 2011 6:37:58 PM

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