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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.

Tuning the Model Predictive Control of a Crude Distillation Unit [Technical]

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Feb 21, 2018 10:42:37 AM

ISA’s Future Is Quickly Approaching, and Industrial Cybersecurity Will Play a Critical Role

This post is authored by Brian Curtis, president of ISA 2018.
ISA Past-Presidents Feb 20, 2018 9:00:48 AM

Design Principles for Complex Process Control

This guest blog post was written by Jean Vieille, an industrial system control expert who started hi...
Contributing Authors Feb 19, 2018 5:00:53 AM

AutoQuiz: What Is the Best Location in an HMI for the Graphic Display of a Distillation Column?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Feb 16, 2018 8:00:30 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

AutoQuiz: Can You Identify the P&ID Symbol?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's community manager.
Joel Don Feb 9, 2018 9:00:01 AM

What You Can Learn About Pipeline Leaks From Government Statistics

This guest blog post is part of a series written by Edward J. Farmer, PE, author of the new ISA book...
Edward J. Farmer Feb 7, 2018 10:42:04 AM

Plant-Wide Control Design Based on Steady-State Combined Indexes [Technical]

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Feb 5, 2018 10:42:36 AM

AutoQuiz: What Is PID in a Control Loop?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Feb 2, 2018 9:00:12 AM

Connectivity, Productivity and Efficiency Benefits of IIoT Depend on Integrated Cybersecurity

This article was written by Bill Lydon, automation industry authority, journalist and former chief e...
Contributing Authors Jan 31, 2018 10:42:37 AM

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