CuttingTool
Cutting Tool — drills, end mills, inserts, tool holders for machining. One structured type, no enums. Sits at the top of the MachineTool → Machinery → IA → DI chain.
OPC UA companion specification for cutting tools — drills, end mills, inserts, holders. Standardised by the VDMA. Used by tool catalogues, ERP integrations, and machine-side tool-life tracking.
What's in the package
| Artefact | Count |
|---|---|
| Enums | — |
| DTOs | 1 |
| Codecs | 1 |
| Registrars | 1 (CuttingToolRegistrar) |
Loading
use PhpOpcua\Client\ClientBuilder;
use PhpOpcua\Nodeset\CuttingTool\CuttingToolRegistrar;
$client = ClientBuilder::create()
->loadGeneratedTypes(new CuttingToolRegistrar()) // pulls MachineTool, Machinery, IA, DI
->connect('opc.tcp://tool-manager.local:4840');Direct dependencies
- MachineTool — for the machine-side context
- Machinery — via MachineTool
- IA — via Machinery
- DI — via IA
A deep cascade. Loading one registrar pulls four others.
Notable types
The single DTO holds tool-life and identification data — usually read after a tool change to confirm the tool the machine is now using matches the catalogue entry. See the spec's source NodeSet2.xml for the precise field layout.
The interesting access patterns are through the MachineTool
hierarchy — MachineTool.Tools.Tool1.CuttingToolData is a typical
shape.