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This blog covers numerous topics on industrial automation such as operations & management, continuous & batch processing, connectivity, manufacturing & machine control, and Industry 4.0.

The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. ISA blog posts may be authored by ISA staff and guest authors from the automation community. Views and opinions expressed by a guest author are solely their own, and do not necessarily represent those of ISA. Posts made by guest authors have been subject to peer review.

How to Implement Effective Safety Instrumented Systems for Process Automation Applications

The following technical discussion is part of an occasional series showcasing the ISA Mentor Program...
Greg McMillan Apr 15, 2019 10:42:44 AM

Book Excerpt + Q&A: Safety Instrumented Systems, A Life-Cycle Approach

This ISA author Q&A was edited by Joel Don, ISA’s community manager. ISA recently published Safe...
Joel Don Aug 20, 2018 10:42:00 AM

AutoQuiz: Failures of Complex Systems in SIS Design and SIL Selection

AutoQuiz is edited by Joel Don, ISA's social media community manager.
Joel Don May 11, 2018 9:00:17 AM

Webinar Recording: How to Document Safety Instrumented Systems Inspections and Tests

This ISA webinar on safety instrumented systems was presented by Paul Gruhn, ISA Fellow and global f...
Contributing Authors Feb 14, 2018 10:52:17 AM

How to Link HAZOP and LOPA to Calculate a Safety Instrumented System

This article was written by Peter Morgan, director and principal consultant of Control System Design...
Contributing Authors Oct 23, 2017 10:42:13 AM

Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Safety Instrumented System Design

This ISA author Q&A was edited by Joel Don, ISA’s community manager. ISA recently published the ...
Joel Don Oct 4, 2017 10:42:45 AM

Can Early Involvement Improve Operations and Maintenance in the Safety Life Cycle?

This is an excerpt from the May/June 2013 InTech by Henry Johnston and Fahad Howimil. To read the fu...
Contributing Authors Nov 11, 2013 11:54:09 AM

Understanding Safety Life Cycles

This is an excerpt from the January/February 2013 InTech by Kristen Barbour. To read the full articl...
Contributing Authors Oct 28, 2013 11:45:08 AM

Alarm Floods and Their Connection to Plant Incidents

This is an abstract that will be presented at ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida.
Juliann Grant Aug 29, 2012 9:30:20 AM

Design of Emergency Steam Load Shedding System Using Dynamic Simulation

This is an abstract that will be presented at ISA Automation Week 2012 in Orlando, Florida.
Juliann Grant Aug 15, 2012 5:30:15 AM

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