-
ISA provides technical resources and standards to help industrial automation professionals advance their careers and the field. We enable automation professionals worldwide to solve problems and enhance their skills by bringing people together to create new technologies and share best practices with future automation professionals.-
ISA Resources
-
Upcoming Events
-
Industry Insights
-
Consortia
-
Articles and News
421 Results Found
-
AutoQuiz: How Do You Calculate Highest Pressure Differences?
It doesn't matter the size of a container, its configuration, or from what a container is constructed. Pressure is the same. -
AutoQuiz: How Do You Calculate Capacitance?
Capacitance is defined as the ability of a dielectric to store electrical charge. -
AutoQuiz: How Do Differential Pressure Transmitters Measure Level?
One can measure (infer) a liquid level by measuring a differential pressure (d/p) caused by the weight of the fluid column in a vessel balanced against a reference. -
AutoQuiz: How Do Thermal Level Elements Infer Level Measuring?
The Instrument Engineers Handbook (IEH) explains thermal level measurement. The simplest of these designs is where the sensor detects low level. -
AutoQuiz: Physical Measurements Arise From Which Fundamental Quantities?
The scientific and engineering community widely accepts the Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI). Its base units are length, mass, moles, time, temperature, electric current, and light intensity. -
AutoQuiz: How Is Resistance Measured?
Circuits should be de-energized. Place the mode switch in “OHMS”, short the meter leads together, then press the “REL” button -
Design Automation Systems with a Focus on Diagnostics and Situational Awareness
Today’s powerful automation platforms offer more diagnostic and situational awareness capabilities than ever before; they just need to be put into service. -
AutoQuiz: How Do You Calculate Absolute PSI?
Absolute pressure is zeroed against a perfect vacuum. Gauge pressure is zeroed against the local atmospheric pressure. -
Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: The Tao of Measurement
The Tao of Measurement challenges many long-held assumptions on the measurement of time, length and area. -
AutoQuiz: What is Topology in an Industrial Setting?
Network topology is the arrangement of the various elements (links, nodes, etc.) of a computer network. It is the topological structure of a network and may be depicted physically or logically. -
AutoQuiz: What Component Within a Control Loop Can Be Manipulated?
View the the basic process of a control loop, highlighting the components and measurements within the loop -
AutoQuiz: How Do You Compute Electronic Pressure Transmitter Output?
Method is offered for converting milliamps to English units -
Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook
The Performance-based Fire and Gas Systems Engineering Handbook offers an understanding and tools needed to implement a performance-based FGS design. -
AutoQuiz: What Are the Detectors Used in Level Measurement?
Hydrostatic head, weight, radioactive properties, density, and sonic detectors are all used in what methods of level measurement? -
AutoQuiz: How Do You Calculate Specific Gravity?
How to Calculate Specific Gravity -
Industry 4.0 puts new demands on connection technology
By Andreas Huhmann, HARTING Industry 4.0’s use of Cyber-Physical Systems has radically altered the face of industrial production. Still, Industry 4.0 will only become a reality when the cyber world and physical world are connected. It entails new demands on network technology and by extension on connection technology. -
AutoQuiz: What Control is Used When a Specific Blend of Two Different Materials is Required?
What Control is Used When a Specific Blend of Two Different Materials is Required? -
AutoQuiz: Condition When Percentage of Flow Through a Valve Equals the Percentage of Plug Movement
What does it mean when the percentage of flow through a valve equals the percentage of plug movement? -
Control System Migration is a Major Learning Opportunity
A major migration project offers what is arguably the best opportunity to train the next generation of automation engineers and plant operators in a way that can yield benefits for many years to come. -
Adaptive Terminal Sliding-Mode Control Strategy for DC-DC Buck Converters
An ISA technical paper presents an adaptive terminal sliding mode control strategy for DC–DC buck converters.
