A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Please note that books with a 10-20 working days delivery time may not arrive before Christmas.
Please note that books with a 10-20 working days delivery time may not arrive before Christmas.
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
automatic-update
B01=Ian Verhappen
B01=Nicholas P. Sands
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=KNB
Category=TBM
Category=TBMM
Category=TGB
Category=TGP
Category=TGPR
Category=TJ
Category=TJFM
Category=UYM
COP=United States
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€100 and above
PS=Active
softlaunch

A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge

★★★★★
★★★★★

English

The term automation includes all topics that have traditionally been identified using names such as instrumentation, instruments and control, process control, process automation, control systems, automation and control, manufacturing control, manufacturing automation, and system integration. The topics in this book represent the scope of automation application, they include:
  • Process and analytical instrumentation
  • Continuous and batch control
  • Control valves and final control elements
  • Basic discrete, sequencing, and manufacturing control
  • Advanced control
  • Digital and analog communications
  • Data management and system software
  • Networking and security
  • Safety and reliability
  • System checkout, testing, start-up, and troubleshooting
  • Project management
This editionwritten by 38 leading experts from all aspects of automationprovides comprehensive information about all major topics in the broad field of automation. It serves as a technical summary of automation knowledge for those who need a complete perspective on automation including:
  • Automation professionals who need to understand the basics of an unfamiliar topic
  • Managers who need a better perspective of all aspects of automation, enabling them to better set direction and make staffing decisions
  • Those who work in fields related to automation, such as IT professionals who need to learn more about plant floor control and information systems
  • Academicians who need guidance in developing and improving curriculum or courses
  • Students, novices, and others evaluating career decisions
  • Those studying for the ISA Certified Automation Professional® (CAP®), ISA Certified Control Systems Technician® (CCST®), and/or Control Systems Engineer (CSE) exams
See more
€238.49
€264.99
Save 10%
Age Group_Uncategorizedautomatic-updateB01=Ian VerhappenB01=Nicholas P. SandsCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=KNBCategory=TBMCategory=TBMMCategory=TGBCategory=TGPCategory=TGPRCategory=TJCategory=TJFMCategory=UYMCOP=United StatesDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working daysLanguage_EnglishPA=AvailablePrice_€100 and abovePS=Activesoftlaunch
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
  • Weight: 2170g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 30 Nov 2018
  • Publisher: ISA
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781941546918

About

Nicholas P. Sands PE CAP ISA Fellow is currently a senior manufacturing technology fellow with more than 27 years at DuPont working in a variety of automation roles at several different businesses and plants. He has helped develop several company standards and best practices in the areas of automation competency safety instrumented systems alarm management and process safety. Sands has been involved with the International Society of Automation (ISA) for more than 25 years working on standards committees including ISA18 ISA101 ISA84 and ISA105 as well as training courses the ISA Certified Automation Professional (CAP) certification and section and division events. His path to automation started when he earned a BS in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech.Ian Verhappen P Eng CAP ISA Fellow has a BS in chemical engineering with a focus on process control. His career has included stints in all three aspects of the automation industry: end user supplier and engineering consultant. Verhappen has been an active ISA volunteer for more than 25 years learning from and sharing his knowledge with other automation professionals as an author presenter international speaker and volunteer leader. Through a combination of engineering work standards committee involvement and a desire for continuous learning Verhappen has been involved in all facets of the process automation industry from field devices including process analyzers to controllers to the communication networks connecting these elements together. A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge is a small way to share this continuous learning and pass along the expertise gained from all those who have helped develop the body of knowledge used to edit this edition.

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept