{"id":13260,"date":"2026-07-28T15:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcfile.com\/hmh-systems-a-custom-hmi-for-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-equipment\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:03:34","slug":"hmh-systems-a-custom-hmi-for-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcfile.com\/en\/hmh-systems-a-custom-hmi-for-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"HMH Systems: A Custom HMI for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":" \n

HMH Systems<\/a><\/strong> spent nearly two years searching the market for a Human-Machine Interface (HMI)<\/strong> that could meet the demands of its pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment. Nothing measured up. That’s how McFile came to build a custom HMI from the ground up<\/a> \u2014 and, in the process, formally opened a new line of business: custom industrial software development.<\/strong> <\/p> \n

This case study shows how a highly specific requirement \u2014 one no off-the-shelf solution could fully address \u2014 turned into a product that now runs on machines in production across Europe and North America.<\/p> \n

Client<\/strong>: HMH Systems AGHeadquarters<\/strong>: H\u00fcnenberg, SwitzerlandIndustry<\/strong>: Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipmentSolution<\/strong>: Custom HMI (Human-Machine Interface) development<\/p> \n \n

What Is an HMI (Human-Machine Interface)?<\/h2> \n

Some context before we get into the project. An HMI <\/strong>is the screen \u2014 usually a touchscreen \u2014 through which an operator monitors, controls, and adjusts a machine or industrial process. It’s the operating panel where commands like start, stop, or selecting which product to package are carried out. <\/p> \n

The HMI works alongside a second processing unit, the PLC<\/strong>, which communicates directly with motors, sensors, and safety systems. Designed well, it stops being just a screen and becomes a strategic tool for the operation: clearer visual information, safer operation<\/strong>, real-time data-driven decisions, and less unplanned downtime. <\/p> \n

About the Company<\/h2> \n

HMH Systems AG<\/strong> is a Swiss machine builder serving the pharmaceutical sector, specializing in high-precision, high-performance solid dose feeders. In practical terms, these are the machines that place the tablets into the blister packs behind the products you find on any pharmacy shelf. <\/p> \n

A feeder is a complex machine. It drives dozens of motors and connects to the full pharmaceutical packaging line \u2014 the blister machines that form the plastic or aluminum, create the cavities for the tablets, feed the product, run quality control, seal the blisters, print, cut, and pack.<\/p> \n

Each machine has hundreds of settings, defined per blister machine model or per product, all stored in a database. And there’s more: every setting change or command has to be recorded in an audit trail \u2014 a non-negotiable in the pharmaceutical industry. <\/p> \n

O desafio: dois anos em busca de uma IHM que o mercado n\u00e3o entregava<\/h3> \n

For roughly two years, HMH searched the market for a solution that met all of its objectives. Major vendors were consulted, each with its own technologies and protocol support, but none fully covered what the company needed in an HMI. <\/p> \n

The complexity came from a set of constraints that stacked on top of one another. The new HMI had to do all of the following at once: <\/p> \n