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The Adoption of ISA/IEC 62443 as a Malaysian Standard
The authors share their experience of adopting ISA/IEC 62443 standards as part of Malaysian Standards.By: Contributing Authors06 December, 2022 | 5 minutes -
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OT & IoT Cybersecurity: Marriage of Digital Factories & Cybersecurity
Monitoring smart systems and managing risk become more essential as connected systems proliferate.By: Contributing Authors22 November, 2022 | 7 minutes -
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Cyber-Related Process Hazard Analysis
How Shell conducts cyber PHA assessments based on ISA-TR84.00.09.By: Contributing Authors27 September, 2022 | 10 minutes -
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Sustainable Automation
Today, the drive to increase stakeholder value focuses on three major areas: Environment, Social, and Governance, or ESG.By: Contributing Authors19 August, 2022 | 7 minutes -
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Key Factors of Wireless Real-Time Networks: From Dependability to Timeliness
Visiting the roots of network operation for securing its communication service as a dependable, safe, and timely asset for industrial automation.By: Contributing Authors15 April, 2022 | 6 minutes -
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Parcel Shipping Systems Enhanced Using Data Analytics
Every shipping company’s goal is to protect assets and maximize profits.By: Contributing Authors04 March, 2022 | 2 minutes -
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Accelerating Cybersecurity Culture Maturity in the Workplace
Sharul A. Rashid of PETRONAS gives us a few examples of how his company institutes a hard-working cybersecurity culture in the workplace.By: Contributing Authors29 June, 2021 | 3 minutes -
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The Genius of ANSI/ISA S84.01-1996
ANSI/ISA S84.01-1996 introduced two fundamental concepts to the world of standards: the Safety Lifecycle and probabilistic performance metrics.By: Contributing Authors11 January, 2021 | 3 minutes -
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SAMA and ISA Cybersecurity Expert Steve Mustard in Conversation [Podcast]
Cybersecurity expert Steve Mustard, the incoming 2021 International Society of Automation (ISA) president, was recently invited to speak with the Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA).By: Contributing Authors30 November, 2020 | 21 minutes -
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How COVID-19 Has Changed the Future of Work in the Industrial Sector
How has the industrial sector's vision for the future of work changed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic?By: Contributing Authors21 August, 2020 | 2 minutes -
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Leveraging Technology to Work in the Age of Uncertainty
As all industries figure out how to carry on while limiting the spread of COVID-19, new technologies like smart glasses present timely solutions.By: Contributing Authors18 March, 2020 | 2 minutes -
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Edge Analytics Can Help When Cloud Computing and Big Data Fall Short
Big data analytics is valuable, but cannot be used for all industrial needs. Edge analytics can help where big data falls short.By: Contributing Authors29 January, 2020 | 8 minutes -
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Webinar Recording: Advanced Calibration Techniques Based on Loop Testing
There are advanced calibration techniques based on loop testing. Perform individual instrument calibration to achieve maximum accuracy.By: Contributing Authors20 January, 2020 | 1 minutes -
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Will Blockchain Technology Disrupt the Industrial Control System World?
Potential blockchain applications are protection and verification of device firmware and application software updates.By: Contributing Authors25 December, 2019 | 7 minutes -
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Drones in Industrial Automation: Vital Mobile Platforms for Sensor Delivery
It is time to think of a drone as more than a flying camera. It is a mobile platform for easily delivering sensors to various locations.By: Contributing Authors27 November, 2019 | 10 minutes -
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Does Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Need to Be Complicated?
Industrial control system cybersecurity can be intimidating. Automation professionals can begin with a layered defense-in-depth ICS security approach.By: Contributing Authors04 November, 2019 | 33 minutes -
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IIoT is Approaching the Network Edge for Almost Every Industrial Application
The convergence of the IT and OT knowledge for industrial automation environments is well underway. Soon IIoT will approach the network edge for almost every industrial application.By: Contributing Authors23 October, 2019 | 11 minutes -
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Ensuring the Free Flow of Information: Routing Approaches for Complex Industrial Networks
Every configured device added to an industrial network can act as a barrier to getting information to where it needs to be.By: Contributing Authors02 September, 2019 | 5 minutes -
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Webinar Recording: How to Protect Vital Industrial Assets from the Industrial Internet of Threats
Learn about industrial control system cybersecurity solutions what companies can do to avoid situations that can potentially derail security initiatives.By: Contributing Authors07 August, 2019 | 1 minutes -
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Why Systems Integrators Need to Advance Beyond Traditional Instrumentation and Control Skill Sets
The only barrier for systems integrators in learning basic scripting languages is having a passion for making things work and knowing how to use Google.By: Contributing Authors31 July, 2019 | 4 minutes -
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Webinar Recording: Uncertainty in Calibration
Watch this webinar to understand how you can use statistics in measurement.By: Contributing Authors03 July, 2019 | 2 minutes -
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Webinar Recording: Calibration and Inspections in Hazardous Areas
This ISA webinar on calibration considerations in hazardous areas was presented by Cameron Kamrani, PE, PMP, LEED AP, Ned Espy, and Roy Tomalino of Beamex.By: Contributing Authors10 June, 2019 | 1 minutes -
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Webinar Recording: Future-Proof Your Automation Solutions with Standards-Based Design
A practical way to achieve sustainable benefits with the proper application of ISA standards during the system design phase of an industrial automation project..By: Contributing Authors06 May, 2019 | 2 minutes -
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OPC UA and IEC 61131-3: The Integration of Control and the HMI
The OPC UA server can be hosted in the controller itself because of platform-independent OPC UA server specifications.By: Contributing Authors01 May, 2019 | 7 minutes -
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How to Calibrate a Pressure Transmitter
Pressure transmitters require periodic maintenance and calibration to ensure optimal performance.By: Contributing Authors03 December, 2018 | 7 minutes -
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The Three Most Desirable MRP Software Features for Manufacturers
For manufacturers, material requirements planning (MRP) software is one of the key elements to running a smooth manufacturing operation.By: Contributing Authors17 September, 2018 | 4 minutes -
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How the IIoT Puts Factory Electrical Systems at Risk and What You Can Do About It
Factories of the future will demand advanced circuit protection technology to keep everything connected.By: Contributing Authors05 September, 2018 | 5 minutes -
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How to Use Model Predictive Control to Improve the Distillation Process
Leverage model predictive methods to separate great from good distillation control. Understand the benefits of model predictive control algorithms for improving the ROI of the distillation process.By: Contributing Authors22 August, 2018 | 8 minutes -
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Webinar Recording: Learn Advanced Techniques in Field Calibration
Experts do a deep dive on advanced topics of field calibration. Learn about special cases with loop testing, installing and testing capillary seals, and vortex and magnetic flowmeters.By: Contributing Authors08 August, 2018 | 2 minutes -
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How HMI Technologies Enable Greater Remote Access to the Plant Floor
Converging networking and other technologies ease remote access from the plant floor to PCs, tablets, and smartphones.By: Contributing Authors30 July, 2018 | 7 minutes -
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How to Fix Process Control Loop Problems That PID Tuning Cannot Correct
The cause of a loop problem could be in the final control element, sensor/transmitter, software parameters, logic configuration, operator practices, or process design.By: Contributing Authors25 July, 2018 | 8 minutes -
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How to Obtain Accurate Industrial Project Cost Estimates
Getting funding for a large-scale automation project depends on proving ROI, so an accurate project cost estimate is paramount. Calculating such an estimate needs to follow a methodical process to avoBy: Contributing Authors18 July, 2018 | 11 minutes -
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Webinar Recording: Strategy, Tactics, and Tools for the Safety Lifecycle
Learn how one manufacturing organization approached the challenge of implementing and complying with the ISA84 Safety Lifecycle in existing facilities by adopting new management practices and softwareBy: Contributing Authors27 June, 2018 | 1 minute -
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How to Bridge the Generation Gap in the Process Industries Through Mentoring
One of the key benefits mentoring is the stability it brings to industrial automation and the process industries when done effectively.By: Contributing Authors20 June, 2018 | 3 minutes -
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IO-Link Connects Intelligent Sensors and Actuators in the Process Industries
IO-Link is being used in a wide range of applications as an open standard for smart sensor I/O, primarily for discrete devices. IO-Link is a point-to-point network communications standard and protocolBy: Contributing Authors28 May, 2018 | 8 minutes -
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Webinar Recording: How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes in Field Calibration
Instrument calibration in the process industries requires the proper process, tools and parameters for each instrument application to ensure valid results. If one of the three are lacking, your resultBy: Contributing Authors23 May, 2018 | 2 minutes -
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Can Risk Analysis Really Be Reduced to a Simple Procedure?
Geographically diverse systems using integrated technology are inherently complex. A structured way of analyzing them can be very helpful.By: Contributing Authors16 May, 2018 | 6 minutes -
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Top 5 Upfront Project Considerations for Effective Risk Management
Done properly, risk management allows project goals to be met and supports success. Consideration for project risk means that both parties, dthe client and the integrator, will look back on the projecBy: Contributing Authors02 May, 2018 | 3 minutes -
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How Much Risk Can Safety Alarms Reduce?
When implementing ANSI/ISA-18.2, Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries, engineers should consider all alarms, including basic process control, safety instrumented systems, fire and gaBy: Contributing Authors30 April, 2018 | 9 minutes -
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Download Your In-Depth eBook Guide to Calibration for the Process Industries
The informative isa eBook, Calibration Essentials, covers everything you need to know about today’s industrial and instrumentation calibration processes.By: Contributing Authors18 April, 2018 | 3 minutes -
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How Next-Generation Gas Chromatography Improves Quality and Reduces Costs
Glass manufacturing is energy intensive. The majority of energy consumed in the process is from natural gas combustion used to heat furnaces to melt raw materials, which then turn into glass.By: Contributing Authors16 April, 2018 | 4 minutes -
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Powering the Next Generation of HART-Enabled Devices
The development of the HART-IP and WirelessHART communications protocols have created a growing need for battery-powered solutions that can operate without maintenance for decades and provide reliableBy: Contributing Authors02 April, 2018 | 8 minutes -
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IIoT Applications Deliver a Competitive Advantage to Process Industries
The IIoT essentially involves acquiring data from hundreds—if not thousands—of process and equipment sensors, and transmitting the data to central locations via wireless or hardwired networks. Once acBy: Contributing Authors21 March, 2018 | 7 minutes -
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Webinar Recording: Road to Digitalization Leads Through Cybersecurity
Digitalization, IIoT and the smart factory will usher greater operational intelligence, more efficient production, and safer work environments.Smart sensors, ubiquitous connectivity, and remote accessBy: Contributing Authors14 March, 2018 | 3 minutes -
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The Arts Must Be Factored Into the STEM Equation
Art in STEM is absolutely necessary for automation professionals to better appreciate process and better visualize what the future holds.By: Contributing Authors05 March, 2018 | 3 minutes -
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New Integration Architectures for Federated Systems
The old pyramid model of control is being replaced with a new model of zones and intrazone conduits based on ISA and IEC standards.By: Contributing Authors28 February, 2018 | 7 minutes -
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Design Principles for Complex Process Control
A complex process is not a complicated process with a large number of measurements and actuators. It is complex because its variables are highly coupled and correlated. As much as possible, control shBy: Contributing Authors19 February, 2018 | 6 minutes -
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Webinar Recording: How to Document Safety Instrumented Systems Inspections and Tests
Learn best practices for inspecting, testing and documenting a safety instrumented system. Explore applications for these practices in the field, including valves and simpler instruments.By: Contributing Authors14 February, 2018 | 1 minutes -
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DCS Upgrade: How to Reduce Stress During Execution
DCS upgrades must consider the safety, reliability, and operation of a plant. Be careful when selecting a system, so you do not fall in the frequent-migration trap.By: Contributing Authors12 February, 2018 | 12 minutes -
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Connectivity, Productivity and Efficiency Benefits of IIoT Depend on Integrated Cybersecurity
The Industrial Internet of Things is an important advancement, and a real opportunity to increase ROI and asset value. But first, industrial control systems have to be made secure from hackers and cybBy: Contributing Authors31 January, 2018 | 4 minutes
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