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Unintended Consequences of Cutting Technical Headcount
After a technical resource is gone, production efficiency is directly affected when the line has less support to keep it up and running. -
Explaining Automation: Keep It Simple, Relevant, Relatable
ISA President Steven Pflantz notes the vast majority of people do not have a clear understanding of what industrial automation is and why it is important. -
Webinar Recording: How to Use Key PID Controller Features
Learn how to use key PID features that can greatly expand what you can achieve. Includes innovative application examples for feedforward and rate limiting. -
AutoQuiz: How to Install an Electromagnetic Flowmeter
The magnetic flowmeter conductor (fluid in pipe) moves through a magnetic field; a voltage is produced relative to speed of the conductor & magnetic field. -
Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Calibration Handbook of Measuring Instruments
This is a handy reference and consultation handbook written mainly for operators who verify and calibrate measuring instruments. -
An Efficient Decentralized Iterative Learning Tracker
An efficient decentralized iterative learning tracker is proposed to improve the dynamic performance of an unknown controllable. -
AutoQuiz: How to Calculate the Transfer Function
A transfer function is a mathematical representation of the relationship between the input and output of a system. -
What Are the Benefits of Connected Manufacturing?
Connected manufacturing gives everyone in the organization a voice, from the shop-floor employees to the CEO. -
Industrial Control System Cybersecurity: Build It in or Bolt It On?
A modern approach to industrial control system cybersecurity is to ensure that it is built in or secure by design. -
AutoQuiz: Which Orifice Plate Is Used to Eliminate Damming of Material at the Top or Bottom of a Pipe?
Orifice plates are in a straight run of smooth pipe away from valves and fittings so they do not interfere with the restrictor and readings. -
How to Implement Process Analytical Technology in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Key success factors for process analytical technology are management commitment, a cross-departmental strategy, and assigning appropriate resources. -
Flow Measurement and Instrumentation: Critical Components for Sustainable Processes
Flow measurement and instrumentation are critical components for making usage visible to manage sustainable processes and operations. -
AutoQuiz: Which Fuse Has the Quickest Response to Over Currents?
Certain types of fuses have a very high speed of response to over currents. They provide excellent short-circuit component protection. -
Separating Hype from the True Value of Industrial Big Data Analytics
Perhaps no other new technology comes with more promise to manufacturing executives than big data analytics for manufacturing and the process industries. -
IoT Is Ready for the Process Industries
For on-site & off-site analysis, industrial IoT delivers data to the right personnel without requiring connection to the plant’s real-time control system. -
AutoQuiz: Optimal Beveled Orifice Angle for Flow
An orifice plate inserted in the line causes an increase in flow velocity and a corresponding decrease in pressure. -
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ISA members can make a difference everyday, improving the Society and helping shape its future. -
What Automation Users Need to Do RIGHT NOW
How you can prevent and prepare for the next inevitable cybersecurity incident. -
Automation Professionals Are Catalysts for Change in Manufacturing
As manufacturing marches on, automation professionals find themselves in the best position to improve the industry. -
AutoQuiz: What Is the Maximum Level of Precision Available Using Modbus?
To achieve more precision special programming or a specialized version of Modus is necessary.
