Internet of Things (IoT) concepts and technology are creating a great deal of interest, activity, and new industrial automation industry initiatives. The IoT concepts and technology are having a big ...

A detailed look at O-PAS™ Standard, Version 1.0 Process automation end users and suppliers have expressed interest in a standard that will make the industry much more open and modular. In response, ...

The documents developed by ISA84 will cover the activities involved in the design, operation and maintenance of instrumented systems, from sensor through final element, used to achieve functional ...

Conformity assessment refers to any activity designed to confirm that a product or service meets requirements contained in a specification (typically a standard). A specification is the technical ...

Despite concerns about recessionary headwinds in 2019, the U.S. manufacturing sector continues to outpace much of the rest of the economy. For example, during the first month of 2019, the purchasing ...

Plant engineers and technicians are frequently asked to tune the controller when a control loop’s process value has prolonged or significant excursions from the set point. But in many instances, no ...

I was fortunate to have the opportunity to talk with Dawn Cappelli, an experienced and accomplished cybersecurity expert, who shared her advice on building cybersecure manufacturing organizations.

The art and science of project management gives us useful knowledge and powerful tools and techniques to successfully manage complex projects in various areas. Nevertheless, it is necessary for ...

The ISA101 Committee will establish standards, recommended practices, and/or technical reports pertaining to human-machine interfaces in manufacturing applications. The standards, recommended ...

Machines and processes are controlled using many strategies, from simple ladder logic to custom algorithms for specialized process control, but proportional-integral-derivative (PID) is the most ...

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The monitoring systems used today in hydropower plants are based on a number of sensors that are directly mounted to the machines. The monitoring systems generate alarms if certain threshold values ...