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.

Becoming an Automation Professional: Network, Educate, Innovate

This post was written by Anton Netcheav, a research computer scientist at the U.S. Army Engineer Res...
Contributing Authors Nov 17, 2014 10:42:30 AM

Leveraging Big Data at Manufacturing Plants in Real Time

This post was written by Jim Petrusich, vice president of global sales at Northwest Analytics.
Contributing Authors Oct 29, 2014 10:42:26 AM

Industrial Automation Industry Exploring and Implementing the Internet of Things

This article was written by Bill Lydon, automation industry authority, journalist and former chief e...
Contributing Authors Oct 8, 2014 10:42:37 AM

Eliminating Black Boxes in Safety Applications

This article is from the January/February 2014 issue of InTech magazine and is authored by Ken O'Mal...
Contributing Authors Sep 10, 2014 10:42:40 AM

Influence of Time and Length Size Feature Selections for Human Activity Sequences Recognition

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Aug 15, 2014 10:42:52 AM

How to Use Smart Field Devices to Improve Industrial Safety System Performance

This is an excerpt from the January/February 2014 issue of InTech magazine by Guillermo Pacanins, P....
Contributing Authors Jun 30, 2014 10:42:24 AM

The Benefits of Operator Training Simulators in the Modern Industrial Plant

With as much as 40 percent of the current workforce in some industries retiring in the next five yea...
Peter Richmond Jun 23, 2014 10:42:33 AM

How to Use Plant-Wide Feedforward for More Flexible and Efficient Production

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Jun 13, 2014 10:42:52 AM

Cascade Control of Superheated Steam Temperature with Neuro-PID Controller

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Apr 30, 2014 10:42:11 AM

Are Smart Devices in a Plant Your Most Valuable Assets?

This guest blog post is authored by Ian Verhappen, an automation industry consultant and chairman of...
Contributing Authors Mar 19, 2014 10:42:24 AM

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