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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.

Automation Industry Career Tip: Learn New Skills and Explore Technological Advances

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Aug 24, 2012 3:14:25 AM

Autotuning of a new PI-PD Smith predictor based on time domain specifications

This is from a series of articles reprinted from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions ...
ISA Transactions Aug 15, 2012 10:00:10 AM

How to Use Control Loops to Eliminate Manual Actions and Sequences in Process Control

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Aug 10, 2012 9:14:22 PM

The Importance of Minimizing Dead Time in Process Automation

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Jul 27, 2012 7:43:48 PM

An effective frequency domain approach to tuning non-PID controllers for high performance

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

Robust PID Controller Design for Non-Minimum Phase Time Delay Systems

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Mar 15, 2012 10:00:59 AM

How Do You Handle Manual Operations in Industrial Process Control?

This educational ISA webinar was presented by Greg McMillan in conjunction with the ISA Mentor Progr...
Greg McMillan Mar 3, 2012 12:13:46 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

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