April 2020 Section Meeting
The topic of our April Section Meeting will be an introduction into Augmented Reality (AR) technologies available for industrial manufacturing applications.
March 2020 Section Meeting
With the arrival of 5G technology, the manufacturing and production industries face their biggest transformation yet. Safer, flexible and more efficient systems will be possible thanks to the ultra-low-latency and reliability of 5G connectivity. This presentation will describe the benefits of 5G for Industrial IoT and the impact on smart manufacturing and smart production.
ISA publishes third edition of Start-Up: A Technician’s Guide
The International Society of Automation (ISA) today announces the third edition release of Start-Up: A Technician’s Guide, a best-practice handbook to help control system technicians meet the high-pressure demands and fast-emerging challenges of getting new plants and new plant systems up and running. The release has been updated […]
Champion Technology to Host ISA 18.2 Course
Section Sponsor, Champion Technology, is hosting Exida’s Fundamentals of Alarm Management for the Practitioner Course: How to Apply ISA 18.2 / IEC 62682 training course this month. This course is designed to help develop the skills and knowledge to drive effective alarm management practices. Examples from control systems […]
Presidents Message – January 2020
This is my first President’s message since October and we are hosting our first ISA meeting since September. We are looking forward moving into 2020 celebrating ISA’s 75th Anniversary and continuing to deliver new content, programs, and events through ISA New Orleans. I attended the ISA Annual Leadership […]
February 2020 Section Meeting
Evolution of LED Lighting for Smart Facilities About our topic The Internet of Things (IoT) is exploding across all markets and industries. Companies have an almost unlimited amount of possibilities with these new capabilities. Connected lighting is one solution that can help a company take advantage of these […]
Beamex partners with the ISA New Orleans Section to donate $25,000 to a UNO scholarship fund
Proceeds from the Annual Calibration Exchange combined with large contribution from the ISA New Orleans Section create a new scholarship fund Late last month, a scholarship totaling $25,000 was created for the University of New Orleans Engineering Program, funded by proceeds from the Beamex Annual Calibration Exchange and the ISA New […]
ISA publishes fourth edition of its Control Systems Engineering (CSE) exam reference manual
The International Society of Automation (ISA) announces the fourth edition release of its Control Systems Engineering Exam Reference Manual: A Practical Study Guide—updated to cover the new, 2019 Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) Control Systems Engineering (CSE) exam specifications developed and administered by the National Council of Examiners […]
New Guidelines for Optimizing HMI Usability and Performance Published by ISA
Human-machine interfaces (HMIs), the primary means by which users interact with industrial processes, provide the potential and opportunity to greatly enhance operations – or to confuse users and degrade operations. The International Society of Automation’s first American National Standard on HMI, ANSI/ISA-101.01-2015, Human Machine Interfaces for Process Automation Systems, covers […]
Presidents Message – October 2019
ISA New Orleans Section, We will not have a meeting or presentation this month, but there is still quite a bit of activity to report from ISA New Orleans Section. As mentioned in past posts, LAGCOE Global Oil Expo starts today, October 9th, and runs until Friday, October […]
