From more traceable pharmaceuticals to better batches of Teflon to recipe-managed clean-in-place systems, the ISA-88 Batch Control standard seems to be the gift that keeps on giving. Its clear ...

In 2009, the original version of ANSI/ISA-18.2, Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries, was published. It was further developed with ISA18 leadership into the IEC 62682:2014 ...

To provide guidelines for the design and specifications of batch control systems. This will draw from (and supplement) existing standards and recommended practices of ISA and other organizations.

Larry Balcom, process control technology leader at DuPont Performance Coatings, in Front Royal, Va., was facing a problem. When he looked at issues in his manufacturing process that were inhibiting ...