FoundryNet / Protocols / MTConnect
Protocol adapter

MTConnect → one canonical schema

Forge reads MTConnect from 21 OEM families and emits the same canonical JSON for every one of them. No per-vendor parser, no per-vendor schema.

21OEM families
366canonical fields
16,908curated mappings
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Add MTConnect to your agent

One MCP endpoint serves every protocol adapter — there is no per-protocol URL to configure.

# add Forge to your agent — one endpoint for all 14 protocols, MTConnect included
claude mcp add --transport http forge https://mcp.foundrynet.io/mcp \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_FORGE_KEY'
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Coverage

21 OEM families speaking MTConnect

Each links to its own mapping reference with vendor-specific tag shapes.

OEMVerticalProtocolsCoverageMapped
DMG MoriCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA99%17 fields
FanucCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA Modbus TCP99%17 fields
HaasCNC / machine toolMTConnect Modbus TCP HTTP / REST99%17 fields
HeidenhainCNC / machine toolOPC UA MTConnect99%17 fields
MazakCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA99%17 fields
OkumaCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA99%17 fields
Siemens SinumerikCNC / machine toolOPC UA PROFINET / S7 MTConnect99%17 fields
MakinoCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA95%17 fields
Yaskawa Motomanindustrial robotEtherNet/IP ROS 2 (DDS) MTConnect95%11 fields
BridgeportCNC / machine toolMTConnect Modbus TCP91%17 fields
BrotherCNC / machine toolMTConnect Modbus TCP91%17 fields
DoosanCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA91%17 fields
Hitachi SeikiCNC / machine toolMTConnect Modbus TCP91%17 fields
HurcoCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA91%17 fields
KitamuraCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA91%17 fields
Komatsu NTCCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA91%17 fields
MatsuuraCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA91%17 fields
MikronCNC / machine toolMTConnect OPC UA91%17 fields
MitsubishiCNC / machine toolMTConnect EtherNet/IP OPC UA91%17 fields
TongtaiCNC / machine toolMTConnect Modbus TCP91%17 fields
TormachCNC / machine toolMTConnect HTTP / REST91%17 fields

Mappings

Real MTConnect tags, normalized

Sampled from the live corpus — one example per vendor, so you can see the same canonical field arriving from different raw tag shapes.

Raw tag inCanonical field outSource
SpindleActualSpeed: 8000spindle_speed_rpm: 8000DMG Mori
Spindle_Speed: 2200spindle_speed_rpm: 2200Fanuc
Q600_1: 3400spindle_speed_rpm: 3400Haas
S_actual: 9000spindle_speed_rpm: 9000Heidenhain
S1speed: 12000spindle_speed_rpm: 12000Mazak
SpindleRPM: 4500spindle_speed_rpm: 4500Okuma

Canonical fields

What MTConnect sources map into

The fields most commonly emitted by these 21 OEMs. The full schema is open source: FoundryNet/canonical-schema (MIT).

alarm_codeaxes.0.load_percentaxes.0.position_actualaxes.0.temperature_ccnc.path.feedrateenergy.cumulative_kwhfeed_rateidentity.controller_modelmachining_statepart_countpower.instantaneous_kwprogram_name


Related

Verticals using MTConnect

CNC / machine tool industrial robot

Other protocols: BACnet/IP EtherNet/IP HTTP / REST J1939 (CAN) MQTT Sparkplug B Modbus TCP OPC UA PROFINET / S7 ROS 2 (DDS)

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