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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.

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Drones in Industrial Automation: Vital Mobile Platforms for Sensor Delivery

This post was written by Peter Fuhr, PhD, Marissa Morales-Rodriguez, PhD, Sterling Rooke, PhD, and P...
Contributing Authors Nov 27, 2019 9:00:37 AM

How to Design Industrial Control Panels for Hazardous Locations

Certain areas in industrial settings are classified as hazardous due to the presence of flammable ga...
Jim Dunn Nov 6, 2019 9:00:18 AM

How to Achieve Pilot-Scale Process Control Flexibility and Agility

Pilot-scale process control has posed some of the biggest automation challenges I have faced working...
Chris Marinucci Oct 21, 2019 9:00:29 AM

Book Excerpt + Q&A: Security PHA Review for Consequence-Based Cybersecurity

This ISA author Q&A was edited by Joel Don, ISA’s community manager. ISA recently published Secu...
Joel Don Jun 19, 2019 9:00:53 AM

Webinar Recording: Calibration and Inspections in Hazardous Areas

There are many aspects to consider before you enter a hazardous (Ex) area to perform calibrations or...
Contributing Authors Jun 10, 2019 9:00:24 AM

AutoQuiz: Industrial Applications for Nonincendive-Rated Field Wiring

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Apr 27, 2018 9:00:00 AM

DCS Upgrade: How to Reduce Stress During Execution

This post was authored by Sunny R. Desai, an engineer in the DCS/PLC/SCADA department at Reliance In...
Contributing Authors Feb 12, 2018 10:42:49 AM

Managing the Cybersecurity Threat to Hazardous Process Plants

This guest blog post was written by Edward M. Marszal, president and CEO of Kenexis. He is the co-au...
Contributing Authors Jan 29, 2018 10:42:23 AM

How to Link HAZOP and LOPA to Calculate a Safety Instrumented System

This article was written by Peter Morgan, director and principal consultant of Control System Design...
Contributing Authors Oct 23, 2017 10:42:13 AM

Electromechanical vs Digital: Time to Make the Switch?

This post was written by Wil Chin, vice president of marketing and business development at United El...
Contributing Authors Feb 1, 2017 10:42:37 AM

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