In July 2013,Automation Worldran afeature article on procedure automation, explaining how the application of batch manufacturing methods can be used to improve continuous process operations. A significant portion of that article focused on the work of the ISA-106 standards committee on Procedure Automation for Continuous Process Operations. The work of this committee, formed in 2010, concentrates on standardizing methods—built on the work of engineers at companies like Bayer and Dow Chemical—that break continuous processes into operating states and automate the procedures for moving from one state to another.
Just a few weeks after the article was published came news from Maurice Wilkins, vice of global strategic marketing for Yokogawa, and managing director of the ISA-106 committee, that the committee had produced its first deliverable: “Procedure Automation for Continuous Process Operations – Models and Terminology.” For those of you unfamiliar with how standards develop in committee, the fact that this technical report was developed in just over three years after the first meeting is impressive and underscores the industry’s interest in the committee’s work.
“制造业社区立即支持标准，并加入委员会大量，”威尔金斯说。ISA-106委员会的联合椅是拜耳材料科学和拜耳材料科学的Yahya纳粹者，秘书是阿米科服务的Charlie Green。委员会前共同主席是守护者的武士王。
在ISA下载页面的技术报告中，该报告被描述为提供“福利，最佳实践和语言的概述，包括术语和定义，以便在连续过程行业应用程序自动化。同意ISA-106委员会的范围，本技术报告侧重于自动化程序，主要驻留在监管控制，监测和自动化过程控制部分内的系统（由ISA-95功能级别1和2所定义）生产过程（由ISA-95功能级别0定义）。这不是委员会的意图，使本技术报告侧重于运营管理职能级别的程序执行（由ISA-95级别3）。“
This “technical report clearly establishes the value of automating procedures for continuous processes and serves as a solid foundation for the reports and standards to follow,” says Green.
“具有强大的最终用户表示，特别是来自能源和化工公司，加上顾问的代表;工程，采购和建筑公司;和系统供应商我们有很好的知识和经验来绘制“创建这一技术报告，美国横川队和ISA-106编辑的美国开发中心董事Dave Emerson表示。“第一个技术报告应该为将用于创建标准的委员会产生反馈。”
The committee is now working on its second technical report that addresses work processes for automating procedures in continuous process operations, says Wilkins. This draft is only now in the early stages of being created, “so it is a good time for new members to join the committee and provide contributions based upon their experience,” he adds.
In parallel with this second technical report, the ISA-106 committee will also start work on the standard itself.
创建本标准所涉及的工作涉及“挖掘已经存在的排序概念已经存在了很长时间，而是将它们应用于新的背景”，“艾默生布莱恩琼斯说。“下一步[委员会]正在从行业那里获得反馈，帮助指导它向前发展并鼓励更多的参与，以确保我们创造一个合理采用的标准。”
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