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• User members needed: ISA75.10, Flexible Clamp or Pinch Valves
  ISA75.10, Flexible Clamp or Pinch Valves, met last month during ISA Automation Week in Mobile. The subcommittee has dedicated members working on two standards: the revision of ANSI/ISA-75.10.02-2008, Installed Face-to-Face Dimensions for Dual Pinch Flanged Clamp or Pinch Valves (Classes 125 and 150), and the new standard ISA-75.10.03, Installed Face-to-Face Dimensions for Shell and Tube Flanged Pinch Valves. Chairman Gerald Liu and the subcommittee members agree that an active recruitment of members in the User category is needed to provide feedback and to encourage consensus. User members are those involved in using clamp or pinch valves but who are not involved with the production or distribution of this product. If you are interested in participating in this standards work on either a voting or information basis, please contact Eliana Brazda, ebrazda@isa.org.
• ISA Technician Training Bootcamp
  An intensive week of HANDS-ON training, with MINIMUM lecture and MAXIMUM labs. This special course offering will cover the fundamentals of instrumentation all the way to the ultimate in smart technology !
• Advanced Control Unleashed: Plant Performance Management for Optimum Benefit
  Proven control methods for engineers working in industry are presented by four seasoned practitioners of control, with more than 100 years of industrial experience in the development and use of advanced control. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this soon-to-be classic provides the basis for assessing the benefits of advanced control - covering auto-tuning, model predictive control, optimization, estimators, neural networks, fuzzy control, simulators, expert systems, diagnostics, and performance assessment.
• Instrument Engineers' Handbook, 4th Edition - Process Measurement and Analysis, Vol. 1
  This volume updates the previous edition to incorporate the latest developments in automation and control and broaden its outlook to a global perspective. With a chapter devoted to each major area of measurement technology, the handbook includes topics such as the detection of flow, level, temperature, pressure, density, viscosity, weight, composition, and safety sensors. It includes contributions from approximately 100 leading industrial and academic professionals. It also introduces covers sensors, detectors, analyzers, and other measuring devices since publication of the third edition.
• ANSI/ISA-98.00.01-2002: Qualifications and Certification of Control System Technicians
  The standard identifies the recommended criteria for certification of control system technicians, including qualifications based on education, experience, training, and job performance.