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Networks & I/O

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Distributed Control

Hunting the elusive snipe

As legacy DCS tools vanish and vendor support splinters, end users make the case for open process automation

March 2, 2026

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What wireless needs to look sharp

Feb. 12, 2026

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Aware and ready-to-wear wireless

Feb. 12, 2026

Phoenix Contact's wireless NearFi technology communicating

Electricity over nearby wireless data network

Feb. 11, 2026

Figure 1: To give its personnel sitewide, mobile access to its wastewater control system, Eugene Water & Electric Board recently conducted a site survey and report with Yokogawa, called for secure network segregation and integration based on the IEC 62443 standard, and adopted its VTS Portal software.

Have lower power, will travel—by wireless

Feb. 10, 2026

Figure 1: To better track and trace corrosion at the top of a distillation volume at its Lysekil refinery, Sweden-based Preem deployed Rosemount Wireless Corrosion and Erosion transmitters near pressure-relief valves, found that high corrosion periods (red line) were correlated with crude slate blending (green lines), re-replaced a broken injection quill to eliminate the corrosion, and implemented continuous monitoring to quickly identify any reoccurrence.

Mainstream wireless monitoring and maintenance

Feb. 9, 2026

Perak,Malaysia,July 3 2022: Radar Level for Tank Gauging

Wireless gauging redefines tank level measurement

Feb. 2, 2026

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As control system boundaries blur, engineers face growing network complexity

Jan. 26, 2026

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Industrial Networks

Just doing what we always did

Jan. 23, 2026

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