PlasticsRubber Dosing / GDD / HotRunner / TCD / FoamCutting
| Version | - |
|---|---|
| Published | 2026 |
| Sector | Plastics and rubber auxiliaries |
The auxiliary equipment models in the plastics and rubber family: dosing, general data definitions, hot runner control, temperature control devices and foam cutting. Several are 2026 additions, which makes this one of the most actively growing families in the whole ecosystem.
Where it sits in the stack
All built on PlasticsRubber GeneralTypes. These describe the equipment around the main machine, which is exactly the equipment usually left unmonitored.
The types that matter
| Type | What it carries |
|---|---|
HotRunnerType | Hot runner control, in the hot runner model. |
TemperatureControlDeviceType | Temperature control equipment, in the TCD model. |
Using it on a real machine
- Identify which auxiliary models are presentThese are separate namespaces, not one model. Browse for each rather than assuming a machine that has one has the others.
- Treat them as their own equipmentA temperature control device has its own state and its own faults. Modelling it as an attribute of the moulding machine loses the ability to attribute downtime to it.
- Expect young modelsSeveral shipped in 2026. Implementations will be partial for a while, so browse and verify rather than designing from the specification alone.
What it gives you for OEE
Genuinely useful for downtime attribution, which is where most OEE work has a blind spot. A line stopped because a temperature control device faulted is not a moulding machine problem, and these models let you say so with evidence. They do not give you part counts.
Gotchas
- These are several distinct namespaces grouped on one page for convenience, not one model.
- Some shipped in 2026, so implementation is early. Verify against a real machine.
- Auxiliary equipment is where unattributed downtime hides. That is the argument for integrating it.
Once the machine speaks a companion spec, the OEE mapping is portable across vendors, which is the point at which analytics stops being a per-machine project.
See Jemba →Last verified 7 September 2026 against OPC UA 1.05.07. Version and publication date read from the released nodeset. OPC UA Connect is an educational resource and is not affiliated with the OPC Foundation.