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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.

Top 10 Industrial Alarm System Blunders

This article was written by Kevin Brown, alarm management subject matter expert at Enbridge Pipeline...
Contributing Authors Aug 12, 2013 10:42:01 AM

Are Users Reaping the Benefits of Partial Stroke Valve Testing?

Achieving Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 2 with non-redundant field devices is possible, but not alway...
Paul Gruhn Jun 17, 2013 10:42:45 AM

Alarm Floods and Their Connection to Plant Incidents

This is an abstract that will be presented at ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida.
Juliann Grant Aug 29, 2012 9:30:20 AM

Design of Emergency Steam Load Shedding System Using Dynamic Simulation

This is an abstract that will be presented at ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida.
Juliann Grant Aug 15, 2012 5:30:15 AM

Stronger than Firewalls: Cybersecurity Protects Industrial Site Safety

This is an abstract that will be presented at ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida.
Juliann Grant Aug 8, 2012 2:35:44 PM

Improve Reliability with Essential Asset Monitoring

This is an excerpt from the May/June 2012 issue of InTech magazine and written by Nikki Bishop of Em...
Contributing Authors Jul 30, 2012 8:21:50 PM

Understanding ISA-84 and Functional Safety in the Process Industries

This post was authored by William Johnson, Richard R. Dunn, and Victor J. Maggioli.
Contributing Authors Jul 30, 2012 4:42:26 PM

Are you ready for Stuxnet 2.0? More at ISA's Safety & Security Symposium

Are you up to speed on all the latest security and safety best practices with it comes to process co...
Juliann Grant Apr 18, 2012 8:00:13 AM

ISA12 Hazloc Standards Members Gather for Intensive Week of Meetings

Veteran and novice ISA12 (Electrical Equipment for Hazardous Locations) Members will gather in Orlan...
Contributing Authors Feb 24, 2012 2:50:42 PM

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