ISA-88.01

Part 1 of ISA-88: "Batch Control Part 1: Models and Terminology" (ANSI/ISA–88.00.01–2010)

This standard is intended for those who are:

involved in designing and/or operating batch manufacturing plants;
responsible for specifying controls and the associated application programs for batch manufacturing plants; or
involved in the design and marketing of products in the area of batch control.

This standard provides standard models and terminology for defining the control requirements for batch manufacturing plants. The models and terminology defined in this standard:

emphasize good practices for the design and operation of batch manufacturing plants;
can be used to improve control of batch manufacturing plants; and
can be applied regardless of the degree of automation.

This standard provides standard terminology and a consistent set of concepts and models for batch manufacturing plants and batch control that are intended to improve communications between all parties involved, and to:

reduce the user's time to reach full production levels for new products;
enable vendors to supply appropriate tools for implementing batch control;
enable users to better identify their needs;
make recipe development straightforward enough to be accomplished without the services of a control systems engineer;
reduce the cost of automating batch processes; and
reduce life-cycle engineering efforts.

It is not the intent of this standard to:

suggest that there is only one way to implement or apply batch control;
force users to abandon their current way of dealing with their batch processes; or
restrict development in the area of batch control.

The key concepts defined in this standard are:

identification of structure and format for recipes and procedures;
definition of levels of recipes and procedures;
recognition of product specific recipes and procedures that are separate from process oriented equipment and its direct control;
identification of a hierarchy of manufacturing equipment and its dedicated control;
recognition of equipment capabilities that are utilized during recipe and procedure driven production; and
recognition of the need for modular and re-usable control functionality.

The models presented in this standard are presumed to be complete as indicated. However, they may be collapsed and expanded as described in the explanation of each model. The series of batch control standards has several parts. This Part 1 standard focuses on the definitions of process cells and units, master and control recipes, recipe coordination control, and recipe procedural control. Other parts of the series have different focus areas which cover other aspects of batch manufacturing, from the product definitions at enterprises and sites to equipment control within units, equipment modules, and control modules.

Scope

This Part 1 standard on Batch Control defines reference models for batch and related procedureoriented manufacturing as used in the process industries, and terminology that helps explain the relationships between these models and terms.