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MTConnect :
Shop Floor Interoperability
Paul Warndorf
VP – Manufacturing Technology
AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology
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Class Summary
Current shop floor interoperability is abysmal when compared to where
systems technology is today. Proprietary systems continue to dominate
the landscape, making integration costly. MTConnect, started by AMT The Association For Manufacturing Technology, is a technology initiative
to establish an open architecture mechanism to enable interoperability
between devices on the shop floor. In this class, we will provide
background about MTConnect and as well as some examples of what is
currently possible and what may be available in the future.
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Learning Objectives
At the end of this class, you will be able to:
 Appreciate how limited shop floor interoperability is or was and how the
limitations have hampered advances
 Explain the basic concepts behind MTConnect and describe what makes
it different from other "standards" efforts
 Describe how MTConnect works and explain how easy it is to implement
 List the types of applications that are being developed today using
MTConnect
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PLANT OPERATIONS
Control: Scheduling, process
sequencing (macro planning),
process variables (microplanning),
CAM programs, facilities, tooling,
quality metrics, rates, cost,
plant wide integration,
asset management…
Information: Utilization, OEE,
verifying simulation with REAL data,
consumable needs, maintenance,
quality/inspection results…
Data: Status, failures/faults,
process/tooling/machine, energy,
sensor data, quality data/inspection…
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2006 AMT Annual Meeting
David Edstrom
SUN Microsystems
How the Internet’s
Participation Age Will Drive
Dramatic Changes in the
Machine Tool Industry
Dr. David A. Patterson
University of California, Berkeley
Creating a Thriving American
Manufacturing Base
In 21st Century America
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2006 Challenge
Sensor + Wireless + Services = Solutions
 Collect data, send data, leverage data
 If CNC embraces inter-operability standards, customer
could monitor all brands of CNC machines
– Live monitoring + historical record
– View over any web browser
 Industry could offer customers integrated solutions vs.
incompatible components
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MTConnect.org
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The MTConnect Myth
What it is NOT:
What it IS:
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•
•
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It is a Standard (Open and Royalty Free
to MTConnect Participants and
Implementers)
It is a Communication Protocol for
manufacturing equipment and devices
It is Open Source and Based Upon XML
and HTTP
It is a Data Dictionary that includes
Schema for Components and Data
Items
•
Not an Application
•
Not a Software Package
•
Not a Network
•
Not bidirectional
communications (Read Only)
•
Not for DNC (Direct Numerical
Control)
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An Integration Nightmare
打開和免版稅將永
遠贏得市場
‫ومنفتح وحر الملوك الفوز دائما‬
‫في السوق‬
Offene und immer gewinnen
den Marktplatz
Ανοικτή και θα κερδίσει πάντα
την αγορά
Åpen og vil alltid winthe
markedsplass
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Difference With MTConnect
打開和免版稅將永
遠贏得市場
Defining
of Data
‫ومنفتح وحر الملوك الفوز دائما‬
‫في السوق‬
Defining
of Data
Offene und immer gewinnen
den Marktplatz
Defining
of Data
Ανοικτή και θα κερδίσει πάντα
την αγορά
Åpen og vil alltid winthe
markedsplass
Native Language
Defining
of Data
Defining
of Data
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Difference With MTConnect
Define Once – Use Everywhere
打開和免版稅將永
遠贏得市場
Defining
of Data
‫ومنفتح وحر الملوك الفوز دائما‬
‫في السوق‬
Defining
of Data
Offene und immer gewinnen
den Marktplatz
Defining
of Data
Common Dictionary
Defining
Ανοικτή και θα κερδίσει πάντα
of
Data
την αγορά
Åpen og vil alltid winthe
markedsplass
Defining
of Data
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Enabling Connectivity
Through Standardization
Offene und immer gewinnen
den Marktplatz
Adapter
Ανοικτή και θα κερδίσει πάντα
την αγορά
Åpen og vil alltid winthe
markedsplass
Common
Interface
Agent
Client
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MTConnect Standard
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Devices and Components
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Version 1.2

Enhancements

Part 1: Overview and Protocol
 No significant changes
 Part 2: Components and Data Items
 Restructured the document
 Addition of new Sensor descriptions (data items)
 Part 3: Streams, Events, Samples, and Condition
 No significant changes
 Part 4: Mobile Assets (New part added)
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Part 4: Mobile Assets
What are Mobile Assets?
 These
are assets that can moved to, or removed from, a
device without detriment to the function of the device,
and can be associated with other devices during their
lifecycle.
 The data associated with these assets can be retrieved
from multiple sources that are responsible for providing
their knowledge of the asset.
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Examples of Mobile Assets

Tooling

Fixturing

Parts

etc....
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Cutting Tool
Cutting Tool is an assembly of items for removing material from a work-piece through a shearing action
at the defined cutting edge or edges of the Cutting Item.
A Cutting Tool can be a single item or an assembly of one or more Adaptive Items, a Tool Item and
several Cutting Items on a Tool Item.
Used ISO 13399 Cutting Tool Data Representation and Exchange
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What Does This Mean
To Name a Few
Machine Tool
Tool Management
Systems
Tool Presetter
RFID Identification
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Proposed Work Activity
for Version 1.3 & 1.4

Accessory Equipment
 Metrology
 Parts
 Enhancement to Alarms and Warnings

Necessary updates as required
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Accessory Equipment
MACHINE TOOL
BAR FEEDER
READ
ADAPTER
AGENT
CLIENT
PLC
READ
CNC
CLIENT
AGENT
ADAPTER
MTConnect Standard
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Metrology

DMSC

Probing

CMM
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Parts
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An Enabler for Equipment
Data Collection
 Asset
management
 Shop floor control
 OEE - Utilization/Efficiency
 Simulation
Verification
 Maintenance
 More…
Monitoring
software
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An Example
Athulan Vijayaraghavan, Lucie Huet, and David Dornfeld
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California
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MTConnect Institute
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History
MTConnect
Institute
Incorporated
First
Demonstration
IMTS 2008
Project
Started
(Feb 2007)
2007
Release
of V1.0
(1 Part)
2008
2009
Second
Demonstration
IMTS 2010
First
Conference
Release
of V1.1
(3 Parts)
Draft
of V1.2
(4 Parts)
2010
2011
Third
Demonstration
IMTS 2012
2012
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Makeup of the MTConnect Institute:
• 105 – Participants
• 2 – Partners (OPC Foundation, DMSC)
105
100
80
60
40
20
2012
2011
2010
2009
0
2008
# of Participating Organizations
120
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Technical Advisory Group
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MTConnect Website
MTConnect.org
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New MTConnect Forum
MTConnectForum.com
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•Keynote Speakers - Business Sessions
•Technical (Workshop) Sessions
•Exhibit area
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Different Devices, Common Connection.
www.MTConnect.org
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