ISA Interchange

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.

What Is a Good Security Approach to Water and Wastewater Process Control Systems?

This post was authored by Norman Anderson, PE, and Bill Phillips, PE.
Contributing Authors Nov 25, 2013 10:42:46 AM

Conveying gratitude to ISA members for bringing energy and vitality to the Society

This post is authored by Terrence G. Ives, president of ISA 2013.
ISA Past-Presidents Nov 14, 2013 10:42:19 AM

Understanding Safety Life Cycles

This is an excerpt from the January/February 2013 InTech by Kristen Barbour. To read the full articl...
Contributing Authors Oct 28, 2013 11:45:08 AM

Great things to come: ISA’s new website

This post is authored by Terrence G. Ives, president of ISA 2013.
ISA Past-Presidents Oct 10, 2013 10:42:17 AM

Benefits of Increasing PID Gain and Reset Time for Vessels and Columns

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Sep 20, 2013 10:42:35 AM

The Importance of Using Tuned Positioners on All Control Valves

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan Aug 23, 2013 10:00:04 AM

Component MES Offers Manufacturing IT Alternatives so You Can Have It Your Way

This guest post was authored by Dave Loesche, director of DCSNext, MAVERICK Technologies.
Contributing Authors Aug 14, 2013 10:42:00 AM

Using Smarter Technology to Solve the Municipal Water Conundrum

This guest post is authored by Carey Hidaka, an IBM worldwide client solutions professional. Carey w...
Contributing Authors Jul 23, 2013 10:42:54 AM

Big Data Focus at 2013 ISA Water/Wastewater Symposium

This guest post is authored by Graham Nasby, general symposium chair of the 2013 ISA Water/Wastewate...
Contributing Authors Jun 27, 2013 10:42:27 AM

Implementing Security for Industrial Automation Systems (Part 2)

This is Part 1 of a guest post series authored by Ronald L. Krutz, Ph.D., a scientist and consultant...
Contributing Authors Jun 12, 2013 11:42:21 AM

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