Jim Cahill posted an interesting question today on Twitter from a Jeremy Solomon, a BYU student. He wanted to know: I reached out to some folks in the Automation Federation (AF) who have been working on standardizing Automation-type curriculum to universities, colleges, and high schools. They created the Automation Competency Model to help shape [...]
Uninterruptible power supplies, cybersecurity
… Once a hacker has gained access to a moderately secured network, they can easily ...
2012 AMT Manufacturing Technology Forum
Just a heads up on an upcoming event in March that may be of interest hosted by the Association for Manufacturing Technology: Manufacturing Technology Forum March 7-8, Orlando, FL This conference will explore the latest innovative technologies being used in the manufacturing sector. On Wednesday, discussions will span sustainable manufacturing, advanced composite manufacturing, virtual high [...]
Are changes in pipeline pressure affecting your loop?
In the ISA Automation Week Mentor Program, I am providing guidance for extremely talented individuals from Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and the USA. We will be sharing a question and the answers each week. If you would like to provide additional answers, please send them to Susan Colwell at ISA. The tenth question [...]
TUNE YOUR LOOP: Maintaining Pneumatic Components in Measurement and Control
1. If the range associated with an instrument is 3-15 psig and the span is ________psig 2. The range associated with an instrument is 20 to 100 kPa and the span is _________ kPa 3. The instrument performance term ______________ can be defined as the degree of conformity of an indicated value to recognized accepted [...]
Robotics in the Cloud from Google IO Conference
In reading my tweets this morning, I came across this video that I thought was worth sharing. I want to give a shout out to Bernie Ritchie who published his Robotics and Manufactuing Paper.li (a daily summary of twitter postings), which is where I found this video. The title caught my eye “Robotics in the [...]
Greetings from ISA’s Community Manager
Hello ISA friends, I’m so glad to be here. I wanted take a minute and introduce myself to you and share some thoughts about what’s in store for the upcoming months. For those who don’t know me, I’m Juliann Grant, and I’m excited to be ISA’s first official community manager. I think the timing couldn’t [...]
Enhance your skill sets with ISA technical training and resources
Opportunity abounds for career-oriented automation professionals who want to enhance and develop technical knowledge and professional skills, especially when these skills can lead to higher wages, elevated workplace status, peer recognition, and so on. For many, however, the challenge is getting started. A wealth of information, training programs, and other technical resources are readily available [...]
What are the best packed column temperature(s) for control?
In the ISA Automation Week Mentor Program, I am providing guidance for extremely talented individuals from Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and the USA. We will be sharing a question and the answers each week. If you would like to provide additional answers, please send them to Susan Colwell at ISA. The ninth question [...]
TUNE YOUR LOOP: Implementing an Open Control System Network
1. All OPC Standards have which of the following features: 2. Each instance of an OPC Server object may have ? instance(s) of an OPCBrowser object. 3. The two types of OPC groups are, public and local (or “private”). 4. The ability of the client to control the order [...]
Uninterruptible power supplies, cybersecurity
… Once a hacker has gained access to a moderately secured network, they can easily determine the IP addresses of every device on the network. Using port scans, they then can determine if the device communicates through HTTP, SNMP, Telnet, MODBUS, etc. Once the communications protocol has been established, the hacker will first attempt to [...]
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