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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.

How to Use an Adjustable Flow Ratio and Feedforward Summer to Optimize Flow Measurement

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Apr 18, 2014 10:42:11 AM

What are the Benefits of Computing and Trending a Future Process Control Variable?

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Nov 29, 2013 10:00:04 AM

How to Gain Automatic Control of Effluent Residual in Wastewater Treatment Plants

This guest post, Part 2 of a two-part series, was authored by Narciso Santiago, CAP, a senior electr...
Contributing Authors Aug 7, 2013 10:42:15 AM

How to Get Better Control of Effluent Residual in Wastewater Facilities

This guest post, Part 1 of a two-part series, was authored by Narciso Santiago, CAP, a senior electr...
Contributing Authors Aug 5, 2013 10:42:51 AM

How to Use Simulation and Virtual Plants for Process Improvement

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Feb 22, 2013 10:23:45 AM

How to Achieve Best Disturbance Rejection and Setpoint in Industrial Processes

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Nov 30, 2012 11:00:40 AM

How to Get the Most out of Your PID Controller

This post was written by Greg McMillan, industry consultant, author of numerous process control book...
Greg McMillan Jun 22, 2012 10:00:33 AM

Improving performance using cascade control and a Smith predictor

This is from a series of articles reprinted from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions ...
ISA Transactions Jan 16, 2012 10:00:11 AM

How to Tune a Temperature Control Loop When Auto-Tuning Takes Too Long

The following technical discussion is part of an occasional series showcasing the ISA Mentor Program...
Greg McMillan Dec 14, 2011 9:53:34 AM

How to Select the Best Industrial Controller: MPC, Fuzzy Logic, or PID?

The following discussion is part of an occasional series, "Ask the Automation Pros," authored by Gre...
Greg McMillan Nov 28, 2011 7:09:54 PM

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