HMS Industrial Networks News & Articles

HMS provides communication interfaces to Baldor

  • August 3, 2010
  • News

HMS embedded Mint Lite Anybus capability is now being fitted on all of Baldor's MicroFlex e100 and MotiFlex e100 drives.

Traffic signs in Norway use Profibus

  • January 26, 2010
  • Case Study

Scandisign, a supplier of LED-based traffic signs, used an Anybus-IC from HMS to connect to Profibus and then Ethernet/Modbus.

HMS Networks ships one millionth Anybus module

  • May 18, 2009
  • News

Anybus technology, a family of interchangeable communication modules, was launched in 1995. The one millionth Anybus module has rolled off the production line.

HMS expands, moves into new headquarters

  • March 20, 2008
  • News

HMS reported net sales of 29.4 M€, hired 20 new employees, started a second shift, and moved its headquarters into a new facility.

HMS ranks Industrial networks

  • January 22, 2015
  • News

PROFIBUS is number one but PROFINET and EtherNet/IP are catching up.

HMS delivers 3,000,000th Anybus module to Bosch Rexroth

  • December 11, 2014
  • News

Bosch Rexroth uses Anybus modules mainly to connect welding and tightening controllers to the various control systems used in automation technology.

HMS development centers offer customized solutions

  • December 3, 2014
  • News

Local development centers will help customers get customized solutions for industrial network connectivity, machine communication, wireless solutions, integrated safety and remote management.

HMS adds wireless gateways from u-blox/connectBlue

  • December 1, 2014
  • News

After the acquisition of the wireless gateways from u-blox/connectBlue in September, HMS Industrial Networks can now present an expanded suite of Anybus Wireless Bridge products for connecting industrial devices wirelessly.

CAN FD challenges fieldbuses and industrial Ethernet in special purpose machinery

  • May 28, 2014
  • Feature

By Thomas Waggershauser, HMS Industrial Networks The growing demands in the number of nodes, transfer rates, and cycle times lead to bottlenecks that the limitations of classic CAN (8 data bytes and 1 Mbit/s data rate) cannot fulfil: CAN FD significantly extends the usable data rate and usable data length.

Dynagen uses Netbiter to remotely monitor gensets & compressors

  • November 22, 2013
  • Case Study

In this video case study, Dynagen, a Canadian control panel manufacturer, explains how they use Netbiter to remotely monitor gensets, pumps, compressors etc. in the field.

VRTX uses Netbiter to remotely monitor water treatment systems

  • November 22, 2013
  • Case Study

In this video case study, Carl Steffen, Engineering Services Manager at VRTX Technologies, San Antonio, TX, explains how they use Netbiter to remotely monitor their water treatment systems.

HMS to sell CAN repeaters under IXXAT brand

  • September 4, 2013
  • News

The CAN repeaters are offered under HMS’s recently acquired IXXAT brand and enable machine builders and system integrators to use extended CAN topologies including tree or star topologies.

Nagel Precision connects honing machines to networks

  • June 28, 2013
  • Case Study

Nagel Precision in the U.S. uses EtherNet/IP and Anybus X-gateways to connect their honing machines to any industrial network.

HMS to supply Netbiter to Crouzet

  • February 25, 2013
  • News

Crouzet will use Netbiter as a remote management solution for their Millenium 3 Smart PLCs, allowing users access to data on field equipment over the web.