ISA published the fourth edition of the Control Systems Engineering Exam Reference Manual: A Practical Study Guide by Bryon Lewis, PE, CMfgE, CCNA. In this Q&A feature, Lewis explains why he was ...

Failure to calibrate instrumentation can negatively affect performance, while calibrating too frequently can result in excessive costs without providing any benefits. The question is, how do you ...

The 2024 election is complete. Voter turnout was 3.87%.

Multi-part effort Define in detail an abstract model of the enterprise, including manufacturing control functions and business functions, and its information exchange. Establish common terminology for ...

1) To provide input to IEC SC65E WG4. 2) To define the interfaces for both the vertical and the horizontal data flow, called function control and data access, in the framework of a client-server ...

The oil and gas production explosion is driving the renaissance of the chemical and process industries in North America. With low-cost natural gas comes low-cost feedstock for many chemical compounds, ...

It seems like a long time ago that we started talking about information technology (IT) - operational technology (OT) convergence, wireless technologies, and a mature approach to industrial safety.

The Open Process Automation™ Forum (OPAF), launched in November 2016, is defining a standards-based, open, secure, multivendor, interoperable control architecture to satisfy the technical and business ...

A big step toward achieving multivendor interoperability with open systems was demonstrated by CPLANE.ai and collaborator ExxonMobil this year: It proved that deploying and integrating general ...

This article overviews some of the benefits and methods of state-based control as it applies to the models defined by the ISA106, Procedure Automation for Continuous Process Operations standards ...

At HANNOVER MESSE 2017, like most industrial trade shows, the predominant theme was Industry 4.0. Although Industry 4.0 still has not scaled up to cover a significant percentage of manufacturing ...

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