SOA on Smart Manufacturing Utilities for Identification, Data Access and Control

The identification of loose manufacturing utilities (e.g. tools, fixtures) and their current condition are essential for machining operations. In this paper a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is described, which is applied on manufacturing utilities equipped with sensors and actuators. The suggested SOA not only facilitates interoperability but also can expose semantic data models using OPC UA. Moreover, locally computed information about the utility can be subscribed by relevant communication partners e.g. the CNC. To demonstrate possible applications, a show case tombstone was developed which exposes its state and formal description as well as its current thermal deformation.