Process Instrumentation Calibration Guide Named ISA’s Best-Selling Book

Summary

As part of the 2025 Celebrating Excellence Awards Calibration: A Technician’s Guide is being recognized as a best-seller for 2025.

This comprehensive review of process instrument calibration provides a foundation for understanding the principles and applications of the most frequent tasks that a technician performs. It also serves as an excellent study guide for the Calibration portion of the Certified Control System Technician (CCST) certification.

The book is designed as a structured learning tool with questions and answers in each chapter. The extensive appendix is an excellent reference containing sample P&IDs, loop diagrams, spec sheets, sample calibration procedures and conversion and reference tables. Topics include terminology, bench calibration versus field calibration, loop calibration versus individual instrument calibration, instrument classification systems, documentation and calibration techniques for temperature, pressure, level, flow, final control and analytical instrumentation.

• Calibration: A Technician’s Guide by Mike Cable
• Loop Checking: A Technician’s Guide by Harley M. Jeffery
• Project Management: A Technician’s Guide by Leo Staples
• Start-Up: A Technician’s Guide, Third Edition by Diane R. Barkin
• Troubleshooting: A Technician’s Guide, Second Edition by William L. Mostia, Jr., PE.

_{This news item originally appeard in the August/September issue of Automation.com Monthly.}