| MTConnect | |
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| Year created: | 2008 |
| Created by: | AMT, UCB, GT |
| Governing Body: | MTConnect Institute |
| Website: | mtconnect |
MTConnect is a manufacturing technical standard to retrieve process information from numerically controlled machine tools. As explained by a member of the team that developed it,[1] "This standard specifies the open-source, royalty-free communications protocol based on XML and HTTP Internet technology for real-time data sharing between shopfloor equipment such as machine tools and computer systems. MTConnect provides a common vocabulary with standardized definitions for the meaning of data that machine tools generate, making the data interpretable by software applications."[1] A simple, real-world example of how this tool is used to improve shop management is given by the same author.[1]
- ^ a b c Copeland, Tom (July 30, 2021), "Machine Tool Data Analysis Identifies Effective Setup Tactics", Modern Machine Shop, retrieved July 30, 2021.