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    • February 2026

    Leaping off clipboards, paper chart recorders and other manual sources a few decades ago, most process automation and control data came to users through their HMI/SCADA screens and software for at least 25 years. It's just part of the scenery on the long, winding, hardware-turning-into-software highway.

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    Badger Meter Inc.
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    Feb. 20, 2026
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    System integrator George T. Hall helps battery and energy storage solution (BESS) builder deploy unified namespace (UNS) architecture
    Feb. 20, 2026
    Fuji Electric
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    Integrated detector and flow transmitter save space, simplify configurations
    Feb. 19, 2026
    Source: Comact and Rockwell Automation
    To simulate and test its wood-processing solutions despite increasing demand and throughput, Comact recently implemented Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Logix Echo software to better emulate the behavior of its controllers, access greater processing power, and test them in a virtual environment. The company added three sets of 16 emulated processors for a total of 48 usable systems, which reportedly cost about one-tenth as much as physical processors and associated hardware.
    Wood processing equipment builder Comact emulates and tests controller behaviors
    Feb. 19, 2026
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    Smiths Group capabilities will support the first crewed million around the Moon since the Apollo program
    Feb. 18, 2026
    Sierra Instruments
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    Lets users preprogram up to 15 gases or gas mixtures
    Feb. 18, 2026
    Source: LangeTech
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    System integrator LangeTech helps deliver RTU, PLC and instrumentations data
    Feb. 17, 2026
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    Nine partners expand the power of the EP Raptor platform
    Feb. 17, 2026
    Brooks Instrument
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    Features integrated Ethernet/IP communications, fast setup and repeatable performance
    Feb. 17, 2026
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    System integrator Hargrove shows how to approach virtualized tools—and prepare for AI
    Feb. 16, 2026
    Endress+Hauser
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    One diameter covers a range of flowrates without compromising 0.5% of mass flow measuring accuracy
    Feb. 16, 2026
    Yokogawa
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    Reliable flow measurement for liquids, gases, and saturated and superheated steam
    Feb. 13, 2026
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    Its reach and tools are more capable than ever, but wireless networking still requires conscious investigation and design to succeed
    Feb. 12, 2026
    Source: Valmet
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    Valmet plans to optimize renewable energy production and water management
    Feb. 12, 2026
    Emerson
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    Provides disturbance correction for enhanced accuracy in challenging condition
    Feb. 12, 2026
    Source: Phoenix Contact
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    Phoenix Contact debuts wireless power and data transmission device in the near-field, centimeter range
    Feb. 11, 2026
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    ISA recognizes members who have made exceptional contributions to the automation profession
    Feb. 11, 2026
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    Rosemount QX1000’s selectivity and accuracy ideal for cold-dry CEMS, CAMS, DeNOx/SCR and CCUS
    Feb. 10, 2026
    Source: Eugene Water & Electric Board and Yokogawa
    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.
    Yokogawa develops LoRaWAN and deploys cybersecure wireless network for wastewater treatment plant in Eugene, Ore.
    Feb. 10, 2026
    Source: Emerson
    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.
    LyondellBasell deploys a WirelessHART mesh network and Preem uses wireless corrosion and erosion transmitters
    Feb. 9, 2026
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    Final control element problems create process variability that corrupts data
    Feb. 6, 2026
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    Part two of this three-part series reveals control technology concepts to reduce process variability and increase profitability
    Feb. 3, 2026
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    How a snowstorm exposes that everything must run on an efficient control system
    Jan. 30, 2026
    Various electronic testing devices are arranged on a workbench, showcasing multimeter readings and setup for analysis and measurement tasks.
    Field-device diagnostics can improve instrument reliability, but diagnostics alone won’t deliver reliability gains
    Jan. 23, 2026
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    The most accurate flowmeters have a close connection between the operating principle of the flowmeter and the variables.
    Accuracy is fundamentally driven by how directly and precisely the measurement principle is connected to flow
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    ABB Group
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    Galco
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    Gems’ RFO features brass, stainless-steel or polypropylene construction for diverse environments
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    Honeywell
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    Honeywell’s VersaFlow is available in straight and bent tube designs
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    Fluid Components International
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    FCI’s H2 ST handles flows ranging from 0.25 to 1,000 SFPS
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    AutomationDirect
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