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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.

Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Fluid Mechanics of Control Valves

This ISA author Q&A was edited by Joel Don, ISA’s community manager. ISA recently published Flui...
Joel Don Mar 11, 2019 10:42:55 AM

AutoQuiz: How to Program the Correct PLC Equation for a Pressure Transmitter

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Mar 8, 2019 9:00:14 AM

How Differing Conditions Impact the Validity of Industrial Pipeline Monitoring and Leak Detection Assumptions

This guest blog post is part of a series written by Edward J. Farmer, PE, ISA Fellow and author of t...
Edward J. Farmer Mar 6, 2019 10:42:17 AM

AutoQuiz: How to Perform PLC Raw Count Calculations for Pressure Transmitters

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Mar 1, 2019 9:00:34 AM

Effects of Wireless Packet Loss in Industrial Process Control Systems [technical]

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Feb 27, 2019 10:42:55 AM

AutoQuiz: What Is the Purpose of an Optical Isolation Circuit on a Digital Input Card in a PLC I/O System?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Feb 22, 2019 9:00:40 AM

Fault Detection in the Distillation Column Process [technical]

This post is an excerpt from the journal ISA Transactions. All ISA Transactions articles are free to...
ISA Transactions Feb 18, 2019 10:42:40 AM

AutoQuiz: What Is the Best System for Analyzing Multiple Sources of Data in an Industrial Plant or Facility?

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don Feb 15, 2019 9:00:44 AM

Are Pipeline Leaks Deterministic or Stochastic?

This guest blog post is part of a series written by Edward J. Farmer, PE, ISA Fellow and author of t...
Edward J. Farmer Feb 13, 2019 10:42:02 AM

Webinar Recording: Practical Limits to Control Loop Performance

This educational ISA webinar was presented by Greg McMillan in conjunction with the ISA Mentor Progr...
Greg McMillan Feb 11, 2019 10:42:27 AM

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