From legacy fieldbuses to Industrial Ethernet and the networking of modern sensors right up to the cloud – Hilscher’s industrial communication solutions in action.
We have been the market leader for industrial communications for over 35 years. 35 years in industrial applications and forward-looking research and development.
News, background information and a schedule of events where you can meet us – stay up to date on everything related to Hilscher and industrial communication.
From legacy fieldbuses to Industrial Ethernet and the networking of modern sensors right up to the cloud – Hilscher’s industrial communication solutions in action.
We have been the market leader for industrial communications for over 35 years. 35 years in industrial applications and forward-looking research and development.
News, background information and a schedule of events where you can meet us – stay up to date on everything related to Hilscher and industrial communication.
Reliable communication between field devices is essential to be able to operate your devices and systems smoothly. When you choose Hilscher, you're relying on innovative and powerful products and customer-oriented services for the integration of your devices into all relevant networks.
State-of-the-art communication interfaces for field devices
Field devices in the form of sensors and actuators form the foundation of every automated production process. As a manufacturer of field devices, you ensure the precise measurement of important parameters and the correct control of processes by integrating your devices into modern fieldbus and Real-Time Ethernet networks. Reliable and seamless communication between the field devices and other components is essential for the smooth and economical operation of devices and plants. As one of the leading providers of industrial communication solutions, Hilscher is there to help. Use our innovative products and powerful, customer-oriented services to integrate your devices into all relevant networks—in both existing and new systems.
Challenges of connecting field devices
Reliability
Unexpected failures of field devices often result in downtimes and thus costly production downtimes for your end customers, too. As a manufacturer of field devices, you can rely on a partner like Hilscher whose products have been providing reliable industrial communication across many different industries for years. Reduce your own risk and that of your end customers.
Demanding environments
Field devices are usually quite small and are often used in rough environments or hygiene-sensitive areas. This places high demands on their quality, robustness and availability. Whatever your needs, whether in terms of size, extended temperature range or IP-classified protection requirements for your devices' enclosures: at Hilscher we have the necessary expertise and years of experience to meet your individual device specifications.
Flexibility
As a manufacturer of field devices, the global protocol variance is an obstacle when deploying your devices across many markets and regions. Our multiprotocol-capable communication solutions let you gain access to new markets with your devices at little cost.
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.
Embedded modules from Hilscher are the ideal solution for integrating a fieldbus or Real-Time Ethernet interface into a compact automation device. They allow field devices such as drives or controllers to be quickly and easily integrated into automated systems.
From retrofitting legacy systems to seamless integration of sensors in greenfield networks, IO-Link Wireless and netFIELD Device are the standard for your Industry 4.0 applications with state-of-the-art sensors.
Complexity and variability make optimizing your Real-Time Ethernet network a challenge, because faults need to be found and eliminated as quickly as possible. With Hilscher's netANALYZER and netMIRROR you can reliably monitor your data traffic.
Easy integration of actuators
Whether netX communication controllers, embedded modules, PC cards or IO-Link devices, with our versatile solutions for industrial communication you'll find the right product for every application. Thanks to our unified Hilscher platform strategy, you can easily and flexibly integrate your field devices into any type of network.
We operate with both industrial Ethernet and fieldbus standards, as well as with interfaces to digital sensors that communicate via IO-Link or conventional digital signals. We connect your field devices both in existing systems and in new ones. We ensure the secure connection of your field devices in edge and cloud architectures through integrated OPC UA server and MQTT implementations. This ensures that your field devices are interconnected and future proof.
As a leading provider of industrial communication solutions, we have decades of experience in integrating devices and equipment into the factory infrastructure. Our customers appreciate our wide range of products and services that enable the integration of field devices of any kind — regardless of the fieldbus or Real-Time Ethernet standard. Thanks to unified interfaces, our solutions communicate easily and flexibly with each other. The versatility of our solutions allows you to serve a wide range of industries and applications with a wide range of requirements:
Valve manifolds
Gateways
Wireless data systems
I/O modules
Communication modules
Data loggers
Process controllers
Measuring & control technology
Your advantages with our solutions at a glance:
Solutions for the full range of field devices
Low development costs
Fast time to market
Easy integration
Multi-protocol support
High systems and factory availability
Support and additional services throughout the entire lifecycle
Long-term product availability
Find your solution
Would you like to integrate your devices into industrial networks reliably and future-proof? We can help you do just that—with customized solutions that are perfectly tailored to your requirements.
Whether you want to retrofit existing products, develop new devices, or make entire product families communication-capable, our technologies, expertise, and services will help you achieve your goals efficiently.
Let's work together to make your components fit for industrial networks.
What PC Cards does Hilscher offer for Field Devices?
Our PC cards enable easy connection of PC-based automation systems to industrial Ethernet and fieldbus networks. They are available in numerous form factors—from PCI Express to CompactPCI to M.2—and offer reliable communication for demanding applications.
How can devices be easily equipped with industrial communication?
Compact communication solutions for rapid integration. Our embedded modules combine compact design with comprehensive functionality. They enable you to quickly and easily equip your devices for industrial Ethernet and fieldbus communication—without having to develop your own hardware.
How can I analyze the communication of my systems transparently and accurately?
Complete transparency across your networks – simple and precise Our netANALYZER and netANALYZER Scope diagnostic tools give you deep insight into the communication of your systems. They record process data, bus load, jitter, and many other relevant parameters – for a comprehensive analysis of networks.
What advantages do netX controllers offer for the integration of Industrial Ethernet and fieldbus protocols?
The key to universal communication capability for your devices. Our netX controllers are the ideal solution if you want to integrate communication directly into your devices. They offer maximum flexibility and support numerous industrial Ethernet and fieldbus protocols—with just a single chip.
Electro-Matic utilizes netTAP 50 to easily upgrade DeviceNet-based Allen Bradley drives to Siemens SINAMICS drives. Read more on how a US-based beverage manufacturer profits from this here!
Jermi Käsewerk GmbH is one of the first companies in the cheese production industry to digitize entire production lines with the help of Tomorrow Things and Hilscher—revolutionizing operations and workflows, aiming to minimize downtimes and to boost efficiency.
The Korean robot and AGV specialist Hanwha Robotics controls AGV drives in CANopen networks for semiconductor production with Hilscher's netHOST controller gateway. Read more in our Success Story!
Yokogawa Electric, a leading company in integrated plant production control systems, has implemented S2 redundancy for their PROFINET IO controller by adopting Hilscher's comX embedded module, thereby improving the operation rate of the plant.
What needs to be done if a robot is to be integrated into an existing automation environment, but they speak different languages? Then a gateway is used to ensure secure data transmission - in this application implemented by robotics specialist More Robots from Austria from POWERLINK to Ethernet/IP with Hilscher's netTAP gateway.
An Indian technology company, specializing in the design, development and manufacture of tailor-made automation solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, connects optical inspections systems for medicinal vials using Hilscher's cifX 50E-RE PC card for PROFINET. Read more!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Industrial systems specialist Güdel uses netFIELD to implement advanced IIoT solutions, ranging from monitoring specific wear points to a more holistic Industry 4.0 approach.
Emerson, a world leading provider of automation technology and software, has enabled integrated OPC UA in their AVENTICS™ valve systems, simplifying IIoT integration and analysis capabilities with netX 90.
Based on Hilscher’s netX 90 multiprotocol processor, Systemtechnik LEBER and E-T-A developed an ultra-compact and price-sensitive bus controller for monitoring electronic circuit breakers.
MULTIVAC, the leading manufacturer of integrated packaging solutions, develops customer-oriented services with netFIELD, enabling higher machine availability
netTAP 151 provides a flexible and scalable solution for an easy integration of independent processing systems into one industrial communication network.
The engineering firm kumkeo GmbH is one of the first companies to rely on the netX 90, the world‘s smallest multi-protocol chip from Hilscher, for the development of innovative products.
IPC specialist ADS-TEC Industrial IT uses the netJACK option module as a universal solution to equip its Industrial Box PCs and HMIs with master and slave functionalities on demand, flexibly and without tools.
cifX PC-Cards integrate Automated Weld Seam Inspection Systems to numerous Real-Time Ethernet and Fieldbus networks at German machine vision specialist VITRONIC.
