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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.

Flowmeter Primer: Two-Wire Coriolis and Electromagnetic Transmitters

This article was written by Nathan Hedrick, flow product marketing manager at Endress+Hauser.
Contributing Authors Nov 1, 2017 10:42:48 AM

PWM-Switching Pattern-Based Diagnosis Scheme for Induction Motor Drives [Technical]

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Oct 30, 2017 10:42:38 AM

AutoQuiz: What Are Acceptable Hazardous Location Protection Techniques for Industrial Areas?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Oct 27, 2017 9:00:02 AM

Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Process Analyzer Systems Project Engineering and Management

This ISA author Q&A was edited by Joel Don, ISA’s community manager. ISA recently published Proc...
Joel Don Oct 25, 2017 10:42:06 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

AutoQuiz: When Does an Instrument Need to Be Recalibrated?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's community manager.
Joel Don Oct 20, 2017 9:00:30 AM

Take Advantage of the Opportunities at ISA’s Fall Leaders Meeting

This post is authored by Steven W. Pflantz, president of ISA 2017.
ISA Past-Presidents Oct 19, 2017 11:10:43 AM

How to Use Lifecycle Dynamic Simulation to Optimize Process Plant Operations

This blog post was written by Mart Berutti, president and COO of MYNAH Technologies LLC.
Contributing Authors Oct 18, 2017 10:42:16 AM

How a Sequenced Changeover Approach for a Plant Upgrade Minimizes Downtime

This blog post was written by Marc Hunter, a global consultant with Rockwell Automation.
Contributing Authors Oct 16, 2017 10:42:39 AM

AutoQuiz: What Is the Standard for Embedded Software for a SIL 3 Certified Safety System?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Oct 13, 2017 9:00:10 AM

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