A cyber-physical machine tools platform using OPC UA and MTConnect

Liu, Chao, Vengayil, Hrishikesh, Lu, Yuqian and Xu, Xun 2019. A cyber-physical machine tools platform using OPC UA and MTConnect. Journal of Manufacturing Systems 51 , pp. 61-74. 10.1016/j.jmsy.2019.04.006

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Abstract

Cyber-Physical Machine Tools (CPMT) represent a new generation of machine tools that are smarter, well connected, widely accessible, more adaptive and more autonomous. Development of CPMT requires standardized information modelling method and communication protocols for machine tools. This paper proposes a CPMT Platform based on OPC UA and MTConnect that enables standardized, interoperable and efficient data communication among machine tools and various types of software applications. First, a development method for OPC UA-based CPMT is proposed based on a generic OPC UA information model for CNC machine tools. Second, to address the issue of interoperability between OPC UA and MTConnect, an MTConnect to OPC UA interface is developed to transform MTConnect information model and its data to their OPC UA counterparts. An OPC UA-based CPMT prototype is developed and further integrated with a previously developed MTConnect-based CPMT to establish a common CPMT Platform. Third, different applications are developed to demonstrate the advantages of the proposed CPMT Platform, including an OPC UA Client, an advanced AR-assisted wearable Human-Machine Interface and a conceptual framework for CPMT powered cloud manufacturing environment. Experimental results have proven that the proposed CPMT Platform can significantly improve the overall production efficiency and effectiveness in the shop floor.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0278-6125
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 May 2019
Date of Acceptance:	16 April 2019
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2023 04:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/122758

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