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Defines an information model for particle foam machines (block foam and shape moulding machines). It allows data exchange both for vertically connected systems (e.g. manufacturing execution systems (MES), central control systems, SCADA) and horizontally connected machines/devices for data exchange.
The following functionalities are covered:
- General information about the machine (manufacturer, model, serial number…), capabilities, current configuration and status of the machine including steam/radio frequency, cooling, vacuum, injectors
- logbook of relevant changes on the machine
- monitoring of process values
- information about processed material
- energy/material consumption
- Data exchange with automation/handling systems
- Job management: Information on the jobs running on the machine and the parameters of the production cycles and methods to send jobs from the MES to the particle foam machine and to release the production.
- Dataset management: particle foam machines store their configurations in so-called datasets. These include information on nominal process parameters (times, temperatures, pressures …) related to the particle foam machines but also to installed handling systems. The model allows transferring datasets between particle foam machines and MES for building a central repository of datasets.
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