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ISA Extends Reach Through Organization Partnerships
ISA sponsors professional meetings featuring exciting conference presentations throughout the year. Many other opportunities abound in training, certification, standards, and editorial. -
How to Leverage Process Data to Improve Industrial Operations
Industrial and manufacturing operations data analysis is a different type of “big data” challenge than those faced in e-commerce, social media, search, or other domains. -
Why Industrial Cybersecurity Needs to Start at the Top and Be Embraced by All
Organizations that invest in a cybersecurity culture are unlikely to be a cybersecurity disaster news headline. -
AutoQuiz: Characteristics of an Industrial Controller
For a direct-acting controller, the resulting output movement is in the same direction as the movement of the process variable. -
The Industrial Internet of Things Delivers on the Demand for Manufacturing ROI
Manufacturers are under increasing pressure to do more with less to improve financial results. The Industrial Internet of Things is a key solution. -
Benefits of Connecting Manufacturing Process Management to the Product Record
Integrating product lifecycle management with manufacturing systems synchronizes bill of material and routing information. -
AutoQuiz: When Does Cavitation Occur in Liquid Flow?
In cavitation, when the liquid drops below the vapor pressure around the vena cava, the liquid vaporizes. -
PID Power System Stabilizer for Damping Low Frequency Oscillations
This paper explores a two-level control strategy by blending a local controller with a centralized controller in a power system. -
What Is Frequency Domain and How Can It Be Applied to Industrial Pipeline Flow?
Knowing the frequency content of a time-domain depiction of a process variable helps expose the magnitude and frequencies of its frequency-domain component parts. -
AutoQuiz: What Happens When a Reset Action Is Added to an Industrial Controller Tuned for a Fast Control Loop?
Both gain and reset (integral action) act upon the error in the same direction, per a simplified proportional, integral, derivative (PID) control algorithm. -
Webinar Recording: How to Protect Vital Industrial Assets from the Industrial Internet of Threats
Learn about industrial control system cybersecurity solutions what companies can do to avoid situations that can potentially derail security initiatives. -
Industrial Cybersecurity Must Focus on Protecting Operational Technology
Despite widespread awareness of cybersecurity issues and availability of training competency & preparedness remain varied in the industrial landscape. -
AutoQuiz: What is the Risk in Using Standard ROI Ratios to Invest in an Automation System?
ROI equations do not account for lost opportunity to collect investment interest on money diverted to fund an automation project or the time value of money. -
Why Systems Integrators Need to Advance Beyond Traditional Instrumentation and Control Skill Sets
The only barrier for systems integrators in learning basic scripting languages is having a passion for making things work and knowing how to use Google. -
Opportunities for ISA Member Engagement Abound
ISA regional sections and industry divisions offer members industry networking opportunities at local meetings and international technical conferences. -
Does Your Company Have Vision to Leverage Disruptive Industrial Automation Innovations?
When technology that has the potential for revolutionizing an industry emerges, typically only a few companies with vision see it as attractive and leverage it. -
AutoQuiz: How to Calculate Steady State Gain for a Standard Pneumatic Instrument Loop
Gain is defined in industrial control theory as the change in input divided by the change in output. -
How Connected Buildings and Power Grids Make Cities 'Smart'
Smart cities are not just about installing digital interfaces in traditional infrastructure. They use technology and data to help us make better decisions & deliver a better quality of life. -
AutoQuiz: What Are Common Terms Used to Quantify Dangerous Industrial Failures?
Spurious trips and nuisance trips are indicative of “safe” failure modes, not “dangerous” failures. -
How Often Do Measurements Need to Be Calibrated?
The ISA recommended practice is not on the process of calibration but on a calibration management system
