The purpose of this specification is to provide structures and mechanisms related to metal forming machines. Accordingly, a number of use cases must be satisfied in this model:
The user would like to identify machines of different manufacturers in a standardized manner (see 7.1).
The user would like to access repetitive forming data and monitor them within a cyclic context (see 7.2).
The user would like to access characteristic forming positions and monitor them in a cyclic context (see
The user would like to get notified if metal forming specific conditions appear during the process (see 7.8).
The user would like to access process values from various functional working units which are closely related to the forming process (see 7.4).
The user would like to monitor metal forming specific job parameter within a cyclic context (see 10.1).
The user would like to receive specific information about forming parts (see 10.2).
Note that the main purpose of the metal forming specification is to provide the information in a structure, optimized for repetitive metal forming specific processes.