The role class “WorkCell” should be used for defining the role based equipment hierarchy defined in IEC 62264-1:2013 at the work cell level: for sub units/sub production steps of units/production lines, station, processes single component, cycle, location in which the production step takes place. It is used for hierarchization. The definition of a “WorkCell” is given in IEC 62264-1:2013, 5.3.7: “Production lines and work cells are the lowest level of equipment. Work cells are usually only identified when there is flexibility in the routing of work within a production line. Production lines and work cells may be composed of lower-level elements, but definitions of these are outside the scope of this document. The major processing activity often identifies the production line. Examples of production line identifications are ‘Bottling Line #1’, ‘Capping Line #15’, and ‘Water Pump Assembly Line #4’. Production line and work cells have well-defined manufacturing capabilities and throughput capacities.”

The WorkCell is formally defined in Table 95.

Table 95 - WorkCell Definition

Attribute	Value
BrowseName	WorkCell
IsAbstract	False
References	NodeClass	BrowseName	DataType	TypeDefinition	ModellingRule
Inherit the components of the ResourceStructure
HasProperty	Variable	ID	BaseDataType	PropertyType	Optional
HasProperty	Variable	Version	BaseDataType	PropertyType	Optional