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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. -
Control Panel Strategies for Reducing Complexity While Installing Adjustable Frequency Drives
There are three aspects to consider when building a panel around an adjustable frequency drive: application, wiring, and commissioning. -
Automation Appreciation Month Promotes Careers in Industrial Automation
Young people welcome career guidance and encouragement from ISA professionals participating in Automation Appreciation Month programs and events. -
Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Industrial Ethernet
Industrial Internet is a guidebook for people who need to fully understand factory floor Ethernet and features new sections on Industrial Internet of Things -
How to Future-Proof Industrial Systems with Standards-Based Design
ISA standards, when blended in a comprehensive manner, can form the basis of a successful and future-proof automation strategy. -
Protecting Airport Power with Automatic Transfer Switches
A UPS is not always an optimal power protection solution due to its high purchase price, low-power conversion efficiency & high cost. -
A Portable Hardware-In-The-Loop Device for Automotive Diagnostic Control Systems
In-vehicle driving tests for evaluating performance & diagnostic functionalities of engine control systems are often time-consuming and expensive.




















