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Simple Robust Auto-Tuning Rules for 2-DoF PID Controllers
Technical focus on the problem of providing simple tuning rules for a two-degree-of-freedom (2-DoF) PID controller with robustness considerations. -
Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Measurement Uncertainty
The new, expanded fifth edition of ISA's book on measurement uncertainty presents a variety of uncertainty experiments as well as several new appendices. -
How to Close the Operator Competency Gap in Process Industries
Developing & maintaining competent process operators is critical to business performance in the process industries. -
Building on ISA’s Financial and Operational Success
Steven Pflantz, president of ISA 2017, pledges to build on ISA’s financial and operational success by leveraging core strengths and capabilities. -
ISA Training and Education: First Quarter 2017
The first half of 2017 saw ISA offer many different training and education programs. -
How to Leverage Profibus and Profinet for Troubleshooting and Preventing Downtime
Diagnostic information from Profibus and Profinet can prevent downtime and accelerate troubleshooting. -
Is the Internet of Things Creating Unfocused Urgency to Monitor Everything?
The hyper-focus on IoT is creating an unfocused urgency monitor everything, which could lead to over instrumenting automation systems & creating data noise. -
What Are Indicators of Potential Competency Gaps in Industrial Process Operators?
Learn about four signal classes that are leading and lagging indicators of competency gaps in operators working in process industries. -
How to Use HMIs to Improve Energy Efficiency and Reduce Power Consumption
The first step in improving energy efficiency for machines, process skids & plants is measurement. HMI software measures, manages & optimizes energy use. -
How to Select Specialized Instrumentation for Difficult Temperature Measurement
Many temperature applications in the oil and gas industry require specialized instrumentation to make required measurements. -
How to Succeed with the Industrial Internet of Things
To achieve success with the IIoT, industrial businesses and manufacturers must create a long-term vision with an associated value proposition, -
What Are Best Cutover Strategies for Upgrading an Industrial Plant?
When retrofitting an industrial plant, review budget, schedule, financial justification for the project, as well as all areas of concern such as shutdown. -
AutoQuiz: What Type of Wire Is Used in a Process Control Loop?
The major components of a control system include a sensor, a controller and a final control element. -
Putting the Pedal to the Metal
In 2016 ISA continued to build on its efforts, refining objectives and better integrating processes to ensure continuity. -
Webinar Recording: How to Calibrate Differential Pressure Flowmeters
It is often a mystery as to how to properly check and calibrate the differential pressure flowmeter meter in the field. -
What Are the Benefits of Guided Wave Radar for Level Measurement in Process Industries?
Guided wave radar technology offers key advantages in a wide range of industrial applications. -
Design of a Self-Tuning Regulator for Temperature Control of a Polymerization Reactor
Temperature control of a polymerization reactor is used to illustrate the potential of adaptive control design by employing a self-tuning regulator concept. -
Mission-Critical Operations: When Failure Is Not an Option
In the industrial space reports indicate a tenfold increase in the number of successful cyber attacks on infrastructure control systems since 2000. -
How to Apply ISA Standards to Achieve Industrial Production Agility
The most successful industrial producers are adept at quickly altering their operation in response to constantly changing market demands. -
Position Control of a Servo-Hydraulic Rotary Actuator Via a Neurobiologically Motivated Algorithm
A new intelligent approach for adaptive control of a nonlinear dynamic system.
