We welcome our new section sponsor, the Schell Martin Company. About the Schell Martin Company The Schell Martin Company, formally the Schell Company, Inc. is an electrical manufacturers’ representative, established January 25, 1966. Our corporate office is located in Mandeville, Louisiana and supports resident offices throughout the Lousiana-Mississippi […]
ISA New Orleans Section, Our next meeting is this coming Tuesday following the Labor Day holiday, so I wanted to get this message out sooner. Nat Muthaiah, a Senior Process Control Engineer with Chevron Oronite, will reprise a presentation given earlier this summer at the Honeywell User Group meeting […]
The International Society of Automation (ISA) announced the first Founding Members of its new Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCA): Schneider Electric Rockwell Automation Honeywell Johnson Controls Claroty Nozomi Networks. ISA created the Global Cybersecurity Alliance to advance cybersecurity readiness and awareness in manufacturing and critical infrastructure facilities and processes. […]
ISA and the FabLab share a common vision. ISA wants to create a better world through automation. The vision of the FabLab located on Delgado Community College’s City Park campus, is to change the world through science, technology, engineering and math.
ISA New Orleans Section, On Tuesday, August 13th, ISA New Orleans will tour the NOLA Fab Lab at Delgado. The Fab Lab concept emerged from MIT’s Center for Bits & Atoms and its mission is to provide access to the tools, knowledge and the financial means to educate, innovate […]
Beamex is hosting their Annual Calibration Exchange (ACE 2019), on Wednesday and Thursday, September 18th & 19th at the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. This event is designed to equip managers, engineers and technicians in the field with strategies for improving daily maintenance processes and tasks.
ISA New Orleans Section, Thank you to Frank Ruiz and Tim LaFranca with Parker Hannifin for a wonderful lunch and technical presentation this past Tuesday. Frank presented several real world examples of pressure control techniques used in sample-handling systems for gas analyzers. His command of the subject matter […]
The International Society of Automation (ISA), developer of ANSI/ISA 62443 series of automation and control systems cybersecurity standards (adopted by the International Electrotechnical Commission and endorsed by the United Nations), has created an open, collaborative forum to advance cybersecurity awareness, readiness, and knowledge sharing. The ISA Global Cybersecurity […]
On 31 July 2019, the International Society of Automation (ISA) and its promotional partner,Beamex, will co-host a free webinar on loop calibration. The webinar, which will be held from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, will feature two calibration experts: Ned Espy, Technical Director at Beamex; and Roy […]
With their advanced, microprocessor-based technologies, today’s industrial automation and control systems (IACS) deliver much-improved performance and features compared to their analog counterparts. Unfortunately, these newer, networked systems-with their ability to be configured remotely-are more vulnerable to cyberattack. Security PHA Review for Consequence-Based Cybersecurity, a new book published by […]
