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.

AutoQuiz: What Is the Liquid Flow Condition Where Falling Static Pressure Causes Formation of Vapor Bubbles?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Apr 13, 2018 9:00:46 AM

Are You Getting the Most out of Your ISA Membership?

This post is authored by Brian Curtis, president of ISA 2018.
ISA Past-Presidents Apr 12, 2018 9:00:52 AM

The Impact of Theft, Accidents, and Natural Losses From Pipelines

This guest blog post is part of a series written by Edward J. Farmer, PE, author of the new ISA book...
Edward J. Farmer Apr 11, 2018 10:42:52 AM

Tuning Strategies and the Fragility of Fractional-Order PID Controllers [Technical]

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Apr 9, 2018 10:42:15 AM

AutoQuiz: What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of RTDs?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Apr 6, 2018 9:00:00 AM

How to Tune PID Controllers on Self-Regulating Processes

This guest blog post is part of a series on loop tuning. This blog post is Part 2 in the loop tuning...
James Beall Apr 4, 2018 10:42:51 AM

Powering the Next Generation of HART-Enabled Devices

This guest blog post was written by Sol Jacobs, vice president and general manager of Tadiran Batter...
Contributing Authors Apr 2, 2018 10:42:23 AM

AutoQuiz: How to Interpret Relay Logic for a Pump Control Switch

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Mar 30, 2018 9:00:19 AM

Low Cost Test Rig for a Standalone Wind Energy Conversion System [technical]

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Mar 28, 2018 10:42:00 AM

How to Optimize Application Engineering to Keep Projects on Time and on Budget

This article was written by Bill Lydon, automation industry authority, journalist and former chief e...
Bill Lydon Mar 26, 2018 10:42:29 AM

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