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.

Reaching the Next Industrial Level with Packaging Machine Communication Standards

This post was written by Robert Trask, a senior systems architect with Beckhoff Automation.
Contributing Authors Apr 29, 2015 10:42:52 AM

Effective Alarm Management Planning Using ANSI/ISA-18.2

This excerpt is from the September/October 2014 issue of InTech magazine and was written by Leila My...
Contributing Authors Apr 20, 2015 10:42:44 AM

Managing Industrial Control System Cybersecurity

This post was written by Jim Gilsinn of Kenexis Security.
Contributing Authors Mar 30, 2015 10:42:52 AM

Process Control Systems for Industrial Applications

This post was written by Paolo Pinceti and Micaela Caserza Magro of the University of Genoa.
Contributing Authors Mar 16, 2015 10:42:20 AM

Stabilization and Tracking Control of X–Z Inverted Pendulum with Sliding-Mode Control

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Mar 13, 2015 10:42:12 AM

How to Change Thinking Patterns to Generate New Ideas

This article was written by Bill Lydon, automation industry authority, journalist and former chief e...
Contributing Authors Mar 11, 2015 10:42:25 AM

The Internet of Everything Delivers Smart Manufacturing

This article was written by Kevin Davenport, director of IoT at Intel Corporation, and Yuta Endo,VP/...
Contributing Authors Mar 4, 2015 10:42:50 AM

Multivariable Control Performance: A Case for Model-less Control

Multivariable control is usually thought of as a product of the computer age, but multivariable cont...
Allan Kern Mar 2, 2015 10:42:59 AM

Piecewise Controller Design for Affine Fuzzy Systems

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Feb 27, 2015 10:02:38 AM

Production Line and Machine Upgrades Improve Productivity and Efficiency

This excerpt is from the July/August 2014 issue of InTech magazine and was written by Bill Lydon, In...
Bill Lydon Feb 23, 2015 10:42:39 AM

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