Machines of different manufacturers shall be identifiable in a standardized manner. To realize this, a number of basic and static information like manufacturer name and serial number are offered on the information model.

The user would like to monitor information about a specific MachineryItem, like the state or operation mode, for example to get a quick overview over the current state and bottlenecks (localization of errors), to recognize trends or to determine the relevant times (productive time, standby time, etc.) for subsequent KPI calculations (e.g. for calculating reliability and availability). Further information for the KPI calculation might be necessary.

Objects in an OPC UA server based on the Surface Technology – General information model shall be modelled in a structured way. Therefor the basic server structure of the OPC UA for Machinery (OPC 40001-1) shall be applied here.

The information model should allow a higher-level control system to oversee production and organize the orchestration of several machines in the production chain. This also requires the exchange of data between the respective machines.

With the help of a standardized information model structure, components of a machine must be mapped in the same way in the different machine objects. This enables the standardized location of machine components.

If available, the customer wants to be able to fall back on cross-industry preparatory work and comply with existing standards. The OPC UA for Machinery standard should be mentioned here in particular. If possible and sensible, different building blocks from OPC UA for Machinery should be implemented in the information model of the material supply system.