7 Additive Manufacturing Information Model overview

This section introduces the “OPC UA Information Model for Additive Manufacturing”.

This Information Model provides the necessary ObjectTypes to model an additive manufacturing machine interface in a structure as illustrated in Figures 6. There are ObjectTypes that are used to identify the additive manufacturing machine (MachineIdentificationAMType), to identify and monitor production feedstock (FeedstockListType) and to manage the production (10:JobManagementType).

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Figure 6 – OPC UA Information Model for Additive Manufacturing machine instance