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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.

What Is an Automation Migration Project Best Path Forward?

The following technical discussion is part of an occasional series showcasing the ISA Mentor Program...
Greg McMillan Jan 20, 2012 1:05:24 PM

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 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

How Much Is Plant or Facility Downtime Costing You?

This article was written by Dave Crumrine and Doug Post, of Interstates.
Contributing Authors Nov 22, 2011 1:29:43 PM

Instrumentation and Control Systems Documentation: Two generations of knowledge

When you read a book, do you ever consider the years of knowledge that lie behind the words? Collect...
Susan Colwell Aug 31, 2011 9:23:45 PM

The Century's Greatest Contributions to Control Practice

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Aug 23, 2011 7:05:28 PM

ISA Technical Report Presents Wireless User Requirements for Factory Automation

The ISA100 committee has completed a new technical report that presents user and market-related requ...
Contributing Authors Aug 15, 2011 7:22:33 PM

Download Your Free ISA Industrial Calibration Worksheets

This blog post was authored by Mark Weisner, technical specialist at ISA.
Mark Weisner Jul 24, 2011 6:26:58 PM

Thoughts from the 57th IIS Symposium

ISA Staff talks with Grant Patterson, ISA Test Measurement Division Director regarding his thoughts ...
Contributing Authors Jul 20, 2011 7:30:45 PM

Process Control Network Security Connectivity Simplified

This article was written by Scott Howard and Lisa Lorenzin.
Contributing Authors Jun 26, 2011 6:30:12 PM

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