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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.

How to Use Control Loops to Eliminate Manual Actions and Sequences in Process Control

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Aug 10, 2012 9:14:22 PM

All about loop-checking with new ANSI/ISA standard

“All of the instruments and software that work together to make a process measurement or control a p...
Contributing Authors Aug 9, 2012 1:53:41 PM

Stronger than Firewalls: Cybersecurity Protects Industrial Site Safety

This is an abstract that will be presented at ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida.
Juliann Grant Aug 8, 2012 2:35:44 PM

The Importance of I/O Cards When Performing a DCS Retrofit

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Aug 3, 2012 6:06:35 PM

Considering a Job Change?

This is an excerpt from the May/June 2012 issue of InTech magazine by Alan Carty. post.
Contributing Authors Aug 2, 2012 5:09:21 PM

Improve Reliability with Essential Asset Monitoring

This is an excerpt from the May/June 2012 issue of InTech magazine and written by Nikki Bishop of Em...
Contributing Authors Jul 30, 2012 8:21:50 PM

Understanding ISA-84 and Functional Safety in the Process Industries

This post was authored by William Johnson, Richard R. Dunn, and Victor J. Maggioli.
Contributing Authors Jul 30, 2012 4:42:26 PM

The Importance of Minimizing Dead Time in Process Automation

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Jul 27, 2012 7:43:48 PM

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