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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.

What Is the Best Way to Document a Control System?

The following technical discussion is part of an occasional series showcasing the ISA Mentor Program...
Greg McMillan Jan 13, 2012 5:07:43 PM

Promoting Operator Effectiveness

This is an excerpt from a November/December 2011 InTech magaine article by Tobias Becker. He is seni...
Contributing Authors Jan 4, 2012 1:03:29 PM

Making Sense of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, or MEMS

This article was written by Jesse Bonfeld, business development executive with Sandia National Labor...
Contributing Authors Dec 16, 2011 2:13:18 PM

Guidelines for the tuning and the evaluation of decentralized and decoupling controllers for processes with recirculation

This is from a series of articles reprinted from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions ...
ISA Transactions Dec 15, 2011 10:00:26 AM

How to Tune a Temperature Control Loop When Auto-Tuning Takes Too Long

The following technical discussion is part of an occasional series showcasing the ISA Mentor Program...
Greg McMillan Dec 14, 2011 9:53:34 AM

Security Standards Committee Completes Ballot

The ISA99 committee recently completed a ballot on the standard, ISA-62443.03.03 (99.03.03), Securit...
Contributing Authors Dec 13, 2011 3:47:18 PM

IEC 6-1131-3

The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) 6-1131-3 Standard is a widely recognized interna...
Mark Weisner Dec 10, 2011 4:27:36 PM

How Do You Know When Feedforward Is Needed?

The following discussion is part of an occasional series, "Ask the Automation Pros," authored by Gre...
Greg McMillan Dec 6, 2011 8:58:03 AM

Is Smart Grid Avoiding Real Challenges?

This article was written by Bill Lydon, automation industry authority, journalist and former chief e...
Bill Lydon Dec 2, 2011 1:09:10 PM

Eliminating Difficult Start-ups with State Based Controls

This post was submitted by Katherine Persac.
Contributing Authors Dec 1, 2011 4:33:01 PM

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