The Smart Manufacturing and IIoT Division (also known as SMIIoT) is the newest and fastest growing division of ISA aimed at helping our members grow professionally and technically. The primary goals of SMIIoT are to provide clarity around these ever-evolving spaces, develop useful technical content, develop standardized approaches to solve critical problems, and provide a forum for networking and collaboration. ISA's understanding and focus of Smart ManufacturingIndustry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) will continually evolve to adapt to the high level of activity and interest throughout the worldwide community, constant developments of new technologies, new applications, and new concepts from most of the major hardware manufacturers, solution providers, businesses, research institutions, and even governmental agencies.

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  • Thank you very much for your contributions, it has been very helpful to me, since these are criteria indicated by the API-618 standard, I understand that they must be, at least, included as possible layers of protection, either through alarms + response from operator or trips ...

  • To All, Table 5. in API 618 contains minimum alarm and shutdown requirements. High pressure isn't listed What I have seen is high differential pressure trips across compressor stages rather than an absolute high pressure. This protects against mechanical failure of the ...

  • Hello everyone, I'm Alex do Vale and although have been wandering around ISA since 2016, I've officially joined the community last month (May-2023) and I'm eager to contribute, and to learn, from other ISA members. I've been working in many areas in the IT industry, but ...

  • Hello Everyone I am looking for case studies where IoT platforms are used for monitoring water / gas / electricity distribution systems. These could be projects for city water supply, piped gas, electrical grids or similar. Please share the links on this group or send an email ...

  • There was a presentation by Michael Grieves in 2002 in which the concept of the digital twin was first introduced as a "virtual twin" , but it was renamed "digital twin" later. Therefore, the father of digital twin seems to be Michael Grieves. If we use his paper " Virtually ...

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