The International Society of Automation (ISA) — the leading professional society for automation — congratulates the seven individuals elevated to the distinguished grade of ISA Fellow in 2025. As a ...

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 ...

The purchase of each course includes a one-year subscription period from the date of registration, during which students will have access to all course materials. All coursework must be completed and ...

The purpose of having an automated process is to enhance process operations based on safety, performance, process improvements, availability, repeatability, and other relevant factors. Human-machine ...

The financial situation of the average automation engineer got a nice boost in 2018. As the salary of the average automation professional rose for the fifth consecutive year, our salary survey found ...

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

According to the big data analytics cover story in the November/December 2015 issue of InTech (www.isa.org/intech/20151201), "Manufacturing firms have the benefit and ...

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, ...

ISA offers a comprehensive collection of technical resources, written and reviewed by industry experts to ensure the highest level of quality and authority. ISA’s books provide comprehensive coverage ...

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 ...

To provide guidelines for the design and specifications of batch control systems. This will draw from (and supplement) existing standards and recommended practices of ISA and other organizations.