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empowering communication

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    Thanks to our products, machines around the world are able to communicate with each other. Always included: our know-how and our netX communication controllers. The flexibility of netX technology is unique on the market, enabling reliable communication in countless production plants.
    But it's our firmware that makes our chips what they are: a multi-protocol communication solution that takes your equipment's connectivity to the next level.
    Our IoT ecosystem netFIELD is a direct application of these two technologies. With netFIELD, we make Industry 4.0 possible and bring your solutions to the cloud with our expertise.

    Our technology at a glance
    netX 90 communication controller mounted on a circuit board.
    netX: Technology Overview

    Overview of our netX communication controllers. As a highly integrated solution, they allow you to flexibly integrate your machines and production systems into your network regardless of the network standard. We provide hardware, software, certification and support from a single source.

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    netX: Firmware Overview

    Hilscher offers hardware and software for industrial communication tasks from a single source. Our protocol stacks make your netX the most flexible communication solution on the market. Find out more in our overview.

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    netFIELD – manage your IoT projects centrally

    An overview of our Managed Industrial IoT platform: netFIELD is your IIoT edge infrastructure for implementing Industry 4.0 solutions. It enables you to make your machine data accessible and the necessary software and hardware centrally manageable.

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    Hilscher technology in action – our latest success stories
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    Orange Precision Measurement with multiple industrial protocols on netX 90

    Orange Precision Measurement implements PROFINET, EtherCAT, and EtherNet/IP as well as DeviceNet using Hilscher's netX 90 multiprotocol communication controller, enabling the American manufacturer of precision measurement tools to supply its products to various customers.

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    Making access to industrial apps more democratic with smart licensing

    Hilscher’s Flagship Store for the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance (OI4) Community brings the ease of app stores to the industrial world. Powered by Wibu-Systems' CodeMeter licensing, the store gives users access to a library of apps and solutions for their shop floor automation needs.

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    Thermal spray coating machine by Oerlikon.

    Plug and play device management for thermal spray systems

    Surface solution specialist Oerlikon Metco AG uses netFIELD to enable real-time data collection from industrial applications, such as thermal spray painting machines, from around the world.

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    Quickly creating versatile automation solutions

    From motor controllers to the consolidation of entire control cabinet contents, dieEntwickler Elektronik (dEE) implements innovative netX 90 projects and opens up the entire internal periphery of the small multiprotocol controller. Read more about our integration partner here!

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    An actuator by SCHIEBEL painted in black on white background with a red spring incorporated on the left side.

    Connected drive technology for critical applications

    With the embedded modules netIC52 and netRAPID 90 from Hilscher, SCHIEBEL connects its actuators to industrial communication networks and sets standards with a new control board.

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