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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.

Using OPC Technology to Support the Study of Advanced Process Control [Technical]

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions May 7, 2018 10:42:00 AM

How Much Risk Can Safety Alarms Reduce?

This post was written by Charles Fialkowski, CFSE, a safety systems specialist for Siemens; Luis Gar...
Contributing Authors Apr 30, 2018 10:42:44 AM

Webinar Recording: Temperature Measurement and Control

This educational ISA webinar was presented by Greg McMillan in conjunction with the ISA Mentor Progr...
Greg McMillan Apr 23, 2018 10:42:10 AM

Download Your In-Depth eBook Guide to Calibration for the Process Industries

This post was written by Mike Cable, author of the ISA book Calibration: A Technician's Guide and ma...
Contributing Authors Apr 18, 2018 10:42:47 AM

How Next-Generation Gas Chromatography Improves Quality and Reduces Costs

This guest blog post was written by Bonnie Crossland, Rosemount product marketing manager for gas ch...
Contributing Authors Apr 16, 2018 10:42:05 AM

AutoQuiz: What Is the Liquid Flow Condition Where Falling Static Pressure Causes Formation of Vapor Bubbles?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Apr 13, 2018 9:00:46 AM

The Impact of Theft, Accidents, and Natural Losses From Pipelines

This guest blog post is part of a series written by Edward J. Farmer, PE, author of the new ISA book...
Edward J. Farmer Apr 11, 2018 10:42:52 AM

How to Tune PID Controllers on Self-Regulating Processes

This guest blog post is part of a series on loop tuning. This blog post is Part 2 in the loop tuning...
James Beall Apr 4, 2018 10:42:51 AM

Is Theft the New Frontier for Process Control Equipment?

This guest blog post is part of a series written by Edward J. Farmer, PE, author of the new ISA book...
Edward J. Farmer Mar 7, 2018 10:42:12 AM

PID Controller Loop Tuning Primer: Working With Integrating Processes

This guest blog post is part of a series on loop tuning. This blog post is Part 1 in the loop tuning...
James Beall Feb 26, 2018 10:42:15 AM

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