InTech Standards http://www.isa.org/ InTech provides the most thought-provoking and authoritative coverage of automation technologies, applications, and strategies to enhance automation professionals’ on-the-job success. en-us Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:47:43 -0500 Standards update: New ISA standards and upcoming safety and wireless meetings http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=92911 A new draft standard has been developed by – and circulated for review within – ISA75.27, Cryogenic Control Valve Seat Leakage Test Standard. The subcommittee is developing a standard for production seat leakage testing of cryogenic control valves. The document is intended to describe various seat leakage specifications and establish optional cryogenic seat leakage classes and test procedures for adoption in the process control industry. Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=92911 Backhaul architecture model for secured connectivity over untrusted or trusted networks http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=92299 A new ISA technical report, developed in collaboration with the Fieldbus Foundation (FF), provides a common framework enabling multiple industrial communication protocols to run over a shared wireless backhaul network in process automation systems. Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=92299 Standards update: Alarm management http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=91315 larm management was a topic of great interest as automation standards experts from across the globe convened in Orlando, Fla. during ISA Automation Week 2012 for the IEC Technical Committee (TC) 65 plenary meeting. Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=91315 Tip Timing subcommittee generates first worldwide ballot http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=90164 One of ISA's newest committees, ISA107, Advanced Measurement Techniques for Gas Turbine Engines, will be voting on its first document this month ... Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=90164 New alarm management technical report up for ballot http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=89686 A new technical report from ISA18 is up for committee ballot ... Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=89686 Mining, fiber optics big items for electrical safety committee http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=89195 ISA12, Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Locations, is involved in key standards that relate to the petrochemical and mining industries Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=89195 Change needed in pinch-valve standard definitions http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=88562 Today's only existing pinch-valve standards (from ISA) capture years of success to save time and cost for instrument engineers and designers who use these standards ... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=88562 Standard must change to avoid equipment corrosion http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=87843 Since industry began replacing pneumatic and hydraulic controls with computer control systems, the attack from corrosive gaseous contaminants present in many operating environments has challenged the reliability of these electronic and electrical devices. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=87843 Proactive versus reactive standards for nuclear plant design http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=87530 Today, the U.S. nuclear industry is in the process of designing and licensing a new generation of nuclear power plants with modern, digital instrumentation and control (I&C) safety systems. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=87530 International vertical integration standard expands scope http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=86963 If you are involved in laboratory information management systems (LIMS), warehouse management systems (WMS), or asset management systems, listen up. Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=86963 Automate to retain knowledge, ensure safer plants http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=86254 When human beings work in the process industries, there is bound to be some variability in the way they handle certain processes. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=86254 ISA99 examines standards' strength against Stuxnet-like attacks http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=85577 If you have been following news on the threats to control systems and how to prevent them, you are probably familiar with Stuxnet, a sophisticated computer worm first revealed in the summer of 2010. Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=85577 ISA12 to drive proposals for the U.S. National Electrical Code http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=84856 ISA12 Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Locations will meet in March to cover draft comment resolution and new project initiation ... Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=84856 What can we expect as a result of the Deepwater Horizon accident http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=84342 What can we expect as a result of the Deepwater Horizon accident Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=84342 ISA alarm management standard packs a punch http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=83592 ISA alarm management standard packs a punch Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=83592 New standards project 'keeping it real' for users http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=83082 New standards project ‘keeping it real' for users