Case Studies

Anybus Wireless Bolt™ gives the STERISAFE™-Pro disinfection robot wireless access. This enables users to control the robot using a tablet.

Anybus Wireless Bridge enables data from 1080 Motion’s neuromuscular testing machines to be transferred wirelessly to a computer for immediate display.

American machine builder JSI has built an automated slitting machine with robotic blade changers. HMS technology gets the machine connected —in several different ways.

London Electronics enabled their large message displays to communicate on PROFIBUS.

IXXAT Safe T100 and Anybus CompactCom are used to enable safety interlock systems to communicate with safety networks.

Processcomponent in Sweden uses the Anybus M-Bus to Modbus-TCP gateway to quickly connect M-Bus sensors to the OptoEMU Energy Monitoring System. This provides building owners with real-time data from their buildings so they can do monitoring, logging and invoicing.

 

SELI Tunneling is in charge of drilling the tunnels for the new Copenhagen Metro. Their tunnel-building machines run DeviceNet while their new erector arm runs CANopen. To bridge these networks, they used the Anybus X-gateway CANopen.

Anybus technology gets Micro Motion transmitters connected to Ethernet/IP.

Prästjorden’s Water Station in Halmstad use pumps controlled by drives from CG Drives. These drives use Anybus CompactCom to communicate with both Modbus- TCP and PROFIBUS which are used in the water station.

Smart cameras connect to Siemens PLCs running PROFIBUS with the help of Anybus X-gateways. The Siemens PLCs control a visual inspection system from SPAMI.

Flexicon is a world leader in sterilized filling systems. For their new generation of closed loop peristaltic pump controller, the MC100, they have chosen to implement Anybus CompactCom for multi-network connectivity.

Using the existing Ethernet communications port available on the GE Fanuc family of PLCs and the HMS Anybus X-gateway, Sytech Systems was able to create a transparent bridge between the PLC and any commonly used industrial network via Modbus TCP. Thanks to this open and cost-effective solution, there was no need to add cards or racks to the system. 

"Very often, we have to interface different kinds of devices in our automatic systems that use different communication protocols. For example, we typically use robots with DeviceNet interface and PLCs with Profibus interface. This need for flexibility in diverse design conditions led us to try HMS products, which we appreciated immediately because they are particularly comprehensive and can be used to interface different kinds of machines, even pre-existing machinery” says Angelo Galimberti, Director of C.I.A. Automation and Robotics.

At their plant in Lyon, Genzyme has to connect laboratory equipment, which is not initially designed to communicate with fieldbuses. Genzyme has used about thirty HMS Anybus Communicator gateways, to enable consistent SCADA management across all the devices in use. 

Frequency converters which previously only could communicate via the Modbus protocol are now able to communicate with Profinet and other networks as well.

Anybus CompactCom enables communication between ARO’s controller for welding systems and Profinet + EtherNet/IP.

ARO now offers Profinet and EtherNet/IP connectivity, plus Profinet Fiber Optic connectivity to meet AIDA requirements. Since Anybus supports over 20 different industrial networks, industrial communication connectivity never needs to be a problem in the future. 

Anybus Communicators enable communication between different devices in Guangzhou Metro’s surveillance system. The gateways enable all devices to connect to the BAS-system which is based on ControlNet.

CC-Link fieldbus compliancy is key to accessing Asian markets. Thanks to HMS’ Anybus CompactCom, it is easily implemented and all features are fully supported.

Berg Propulsion could connect a CAN-based propeller display to their control system for boats which uses Modbus-RTU. By using the Anybus Communicator CAN, the systems now communicate seamlessly. 

Anybus X-gateways connect DeviceNet-based robot cells to several other industrial networks. This is cheaper than using a robot cabinet with multiple networks installed and provides clear cuts between the robot cell and the factory network.