Applying the S88 and IEC 61512-01 standards to manual and semiautomated batching

摘要

The most commonly used models for batch manufacturing are defined in the ISA S88.01 and IEC 61512-01 batch control standards. The models offer significant standardization and process improvements (up to 30%) to manual, semiautomated, andfully-automated facilities, but their application has thus far been limited primardy to automated operations. Why this is the case is difficult to understand, especially since the models can be used in manual and semlautomated facilities without anyadditional control hardware (Fig. 1).