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 ...

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.

A working group sponsored by the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society’s (ISA, www.isa.org) ISA SP-88 committee and the World Batch Forum (WBF, www.wbf.org) is undertaking a new initiative ...

When chemical processors—including those creating plastic, polymer, or rubber products—use batch reactors, following the recipe from batch-to-batch and plant-to-plant is critical to reliably and ...