InTech Articles

Browse the latest articles published in InTech digital magazine, plus supplemental feature articles and columns, and featured news from the International Society of Automation (ISA).

Open PLCs Enhance Building Automation

  • by Frank Bicknell
  • April 28, 2022
  • Feature

To gain modern computing system advantages while maintaining traditional solutions reliability, an HVAC company uses Arduino-compatible open PLC controllers. This feature originally appeared in the April issue of InTech magazine.

Improving Project Documentation and Change Management

  • by Vilas Desai & Steve Mustard
  • April 27, 2022
  • Feature

Instrumentation engineers can save time, money and effort by applying standards and tools that centralize and automate the documentation process. This feature originally appeared in the April issue of InTech magazine.

Experience Centers Teach Cybersecurity Best Practices

  • by Luis Narvaez
  • April 26, 2022
  • Feature

By learning about and building cyber-physical protection systems into modern ICS deployments, organizations can better defend their control systems from internal and external threats. This piece was originally published in the April edition of InTech magazine.

Machinery Health Moves Toward an Integrated Future

  • by Drew Mackley & Shane Moser
  • February 16, 2022
  • Feature

A focus on integrating data helps build a foundation for improved performance across both the plant and enterprise. This feature originally appeared in the February 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

OPC UA Makes IIoT Implementations Possible

  • by Isao Hirooka
  • February 15, 2022
  • Feature

OPC UA is often the best choice for the IIoT implementations characteristic of the fourth industrial revolution. This feature was originally published in the February 2022 edition of InTech magazine.

Top Industrial Companies Find Pathways to Transform

  • by Marianne D'Aquila, Greg Gorbach, Michael Guilfoyle & Mark Sen Gupta
  • February 14, 2022
  • Feature

The ARC Industrial Digital Transformation Top 25 report identifies global industrial digital transformation leaders and what others can learn from them. This article was originally published in the February 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

Digitalization Drives Sustainability

  • by Lindsey Wilcox
  • February 7, 2022
  • Feature

Sustainability efforts depend on creating value from data, a key aspect of digitalization. This article originally appeared in the February 2022 issue of InTech magazine.

Using Control Valve Installed Gain Calculations

  • by Jon F. Monsen
  • February 1, 2022
  • Feature

A worksheet that calculates control valve installed gain can be part of any control valve selection process. This article was originally published in the December 2021 issue of InTech magazine.

Industrial Autonomy on the Horizon

  • by Joe Bastone
  • January 27, 2022
  • Feature

Continuous-process industries are at an inflection point regarding what they can do with automation, making now an ideal time to address inefficiencies and hazards. This feature was originally published in the December 2021 issue of InTech magazine.

Extreme OT Data Makeover

  • by Oliver Wang
  • January 26, 2022
  • Feature

Address challenges to quality operational data by paying attention to four key data aspects. This feature was originally published in the December 2021 issue of InTech magazine.