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Ask the Automation Pros
This long-running series of discussions, curated by 2010 ISA Life Achievement Award recipient Greg McMillan, gathers responses from ISA subject-matter experts on technical topics important to industrial automation professionals, academics and students.
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Feature9 Automation Engineers' Ideas and Principles for Everyday Working Life
Automation professionals from the ISA Mentor Program share their ideas and principles for everyday working life as an automation engineer. -
FeatureWhat Are Some Ways to Improve and Prioritize Feedforward and Fast Feedback Control?
Automation professionals from the ISA Mentor Program answer a question about how to improve and prioritize feedforward and fast feedback control. -
FeatureHow Can We Develop and Motivate New Automation Professionals?
Automation professionals from the ISA Mentor Program address a question they received: 'How can we develop and motivate new automation professionals?' -
FeatureAlarm Management and DCS Versus PLC/SCADA Systems
There are very few if any chemical or refinery units that would not benefit from state-based alarming. -
FeatureHow to Manage Control Valve Response Issues in the Field
A sensitive flow measurement is needed to identify the installed flow characteristic online. -
FeatureHow to Use Industrial Simulation to Increase Learning and Innovation
New projects expose automation professionals to more learning opportunities to continue to grow their skill sets and expertise. -
FeatureHow to Avoid Using Multivariable Flow Transmitters
Coriolis meters provide the only true mass flow measurements, which offer a very accurate density measurement as well. -
FeatureWebinar Recording: Lessons Learned During the Migration to a New DCS
DCS migration topics: proper setting of tuning parameters, controller output scales, anti-reset windup limits, grounding, wiring, & configuration practices. -
FeatureHow Often Do Measurements Need to Be Calibrated?
The ISA recommended practice is not on the process of calibration but on a calibration management system -
FeatureBasic Guidelines for Control Valve Selection and Sizing
Control valves often determine the capability of the control system. Poorly sized and selected control valves will make tight control impossible regardless of the control strategy or tuning employed.