7.8.1 Overview

The PlantCoolingSystemType provides all relevant Variables and parameters for monitoring a cooling system of a plasma surface treatment machine. An overview of the information model is shown in Figure 16.

Figure 16 - PlantCoolingSystemType overview

The PlantCoolingSystemType is formally defined in Table 43.

Table 43 – PlantCoolingSystemType Definition
Attribute Value
BrowseNamePlantCoolingSystemType
IsAbstractFalse
References Node Class BrowseName DataType TypeDefinition Other
Subtype of the BaseObjectType defined in OPC 10000-5
0:HasAddInObject2:Identification4:MachineryComponentIdentificationTypeO
0:HasAddInObject4:Components4:MachineComponentsTypeM
0:HasComponentObject4:Monitoring4:MonitoringTypeM
0:HasComponentObject4:MachineryBuildingBlocks0:FolderTypeM
Conformance Units
PST PlantCoolingSystemType Basic
PST PlantCoolingSystemType Advanced

Identification is used as defined in OPC 40001-1. Shall also be referenced as AddIn in the MachineryBuildingBlocks Folder.

Components is representing a collection of all physical components of the plasma surface treatment machine.

Monitoring is representing a collection of the variables that are assigned to this specific component.

MachineryBuildingBlocks is representing a folder that directly references all those building blocks of the OPC UA for Machinery (OPC 40001-1, OPC 40001-3) which are implemented as an add-in in this specific component.

The components of the PlantCoolingSystemType have additional references which are defined in Table 44.

Table 44 – PlantCoolingSystemType Additional References
SourceBrowsePath Reference Type Is Forward TargetBrowsePath
4:MachineryBuildingBlocks0:HasAddInTrue2:Identification
4:MachineryBuildingBlocks0:HasAddInTrue4:Components
4:MachineryBuildingBlocks0:HasAddInTrue4:Monitoring

The components of the PlantCoolingSystemType have additional subcomponents which are defined in Table 45.

Table 45 – PlantCoolingSystemType Additional Subcomponents
Source Path Reference NodeClass BrowseName DataType TypeDefinition Others
4:Components0:HasComponentObject<CirculationSystem>CirculationSystemTypeOP
0:HasComponentVariableFlowRate0:Double0:AnalogUnitTypeO, RO
0:HasComponentVariableCoolingSystemTemperatureOutlet0:Double0:AnalogUnitTypeO, RO
0:HasComponentVariableCoolingSystemTemperatureInlet0:Double0:AnalogUnitTypeO, RO
0:HasComponentVariableCoolingSystemPressureInlet0:Double0:AnalogUnitTypeO, RO
0:HasComponentVariableCoolingSystemPressureOutlet0:Double0:AnalogUnitTypeO, RO

CirculationSystem is representing a single cooling circuit of the whole cooling system.

FlowRate is representing the volume flow of coolant through the whole plant cooling system.

CoolingSystemTemperatureOutlet is representing the temperature of the coolant at the outlet of the main coolant storage.

CoolingSystemTemperatureInlet is representing the temperature of the coolant at the inlet of the main coolant storage.

CoolingSystemPressureInlet is representing the pressure of the inlet of the main coolant storage.

CoolingSystemPressureOutlet is representing the pressure of the outlet of the main coolant storage.