The MachineToolType represents the entire machine tool interface of the information model. It is the entry point to the OPC UA interface of a machine tool. It gives a basic structure to the interface. An instance of this type aggregates all information related to one machine tool.

All instances of MachineToolType have to be referenced from the 3:Machines node defined in OPC 40001-1. At least one MachineToolType instance shall be present to qualify for any profile of OPC UA for Machine Tools.

The MachineToolType is formally defined in Table 9.

Table 9 – MachineToolType Definition

Attribute

Value

BrowseName

MachineToolType

IsAbstract

False

References

Node Class

BrowseName

DataType

TypeDefinition

Other

Subtype of the 0:BaseObjectType defined in OPC 10000-5 i.e. inheriting the InstanceDeclarations of that Node.

0:HasAddIn

Object

3:Components

3:MachineComponentsType

O

0:HasComponent

Object

Equipment

EquipmentType

M

0:HasAddIn

Object

2:Identification

MachineToolIdentificationType

M

0:HasComponent

Object

3:MachineryBuildingBlocks

0:FolderType

O

0:HasComponent

Object

Monitoring

MonitoringType

M

0:HasComponent

Object

Notification

NotificationType

M

0:HasComponent

Object

Production

ProductionType

M

Conformance Units

MachineTool MachineToolType Mandatory Nodes

MachineTool Components

Equipment (see 8.5), Identification (see 8.2), Monitoring (see 8.3), Notification (see 8.6) and Production (see 8.4) are instances of the respective types. They are used to structure the information in the MachineToolType topically. Components and MachineryBuildingBlocks are used as described in OPC 40001-1. To differentiate between Components and Equipment, Components should contain elements that are an inseparable part of the machine and Equipment should contain removable elements (e.g. tools).

Table 10 – MachineToolType Additional References

SourceBrowsePath

ReferenceType

Is Forward

TargetBrowsePath

3:MachineryBuildingBlocks

0:HasAddIn

True

Monitoring

MachineTool

3:MachineryItemState

3:MachineryBuildingBlocks

0:HasAddIn

True

Monitoring

MachineTool

3:MachineryOperationMode