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.

What Are the Opportunities and Challenges for Alternative Energy?

This post is written by Thomas W. Kerlin, author of the ISA book Future Energy: Opportunities and Ch...
Contributing Authors Feb 27, 2013 10:00:53 AM

Level Measurement: Determining Interface Position Between Two Media

This post was authored by Donald Gillum, who retired after more than 40 years of experience as maste...
Contributing Authors Feb 25, 2013 11:35:17 AM

How to Use Simulation and Virtual Plants for Process Improvement

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Feb 22, 2013 10:23:45 AM

A New Approach to Advancing the Connected Enterprise

This guest post is authored by Rob Gellings, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Integration, MAVERI...
Contributing Authors Feb 18, 2013 10:42:09 AM

Always Design in Spare Capacity to Allow for Industrial Plant Expansion

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Feb 15, 2013 10:00:06 AM

Take a Fresh Look at All the Ways You Can Make the Most of Your ISA Membership

This post is authored by Terrence G. Ives, President of ISA 2013.
ISA Past-Presidents Feb 14, 2013 9:42:25 AM

Improving Distillation Tower Operation

This is an excerpt from the January/February 2013 InTech Web Exclusive feature by Daniel P. Lucey. F...
Contributing Authors Feb 12, 2013 5:09:43 PM

How to Improve Setpoints in Industrial Processes

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Feb 8, 2013 9:31:28 AM

Tuning PI controllers for stable processes with specifications on gain and phase margins

This is from a series of articles from the journal ISA Transactions. ISA Transactions articles are f...
ISA Transactions Feb 6, 2013 12:00:18 PM

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