CNC machine tool, OPC UA at the control
State, spindle, feed, program, tool, alarms and part count. Everything the control publishes over OPC UA.
Pragmatos Loom
Loom connects what you have, as it is.
Old machines and new ones, utilities and meters: 1400+ devices read through four doors, with no PLC to replace and no vendor platform to buy.
Loomsoftware you run
Every machine on the floor, not the ten newest
A plant is more than its machining centres. The compressor, the chiller, the coolant system and the measuring room decide whether those machines run. Loom reads all of them, and an old lathe and last year's machining centre are counted the same way.
1400+devices Loom reads
4doors in: Direct, Edge, Integrations, Wire
46kinds of equipment, from CNC to door contacts
30integration types for other systems
Where on the floor: what Loom reads, area by area
LoomOnce a plant is connected, every machine sits where it stands: by type, in its line or cell, in the colour of its state. The utilities room and the measuring room sit on the same plan as the machines they serve.
46 kinds of equipment in seven areas of a plant. Each card names the door it takes, what you get from it, how it connects and some of the makes we read.
Where a device holds a value back, the card says what to add: a compressor controller does not report its own power, so a sub-meter does.
Pick an area to see what Loom reads there. The machines area is open to start.
Machines that make parts7 kinds
Loom Wire
CNC machine tool with an MTConnect agent
State, spindle, feed, program and part count, as the agent publishes them.
CNC machine tool with a FANUC control
State, program, alarms and part count, read from the control.
CNC machine tool read from the cabinet
State and basic counters. Program, overrides and tool stay inside the control.
Older machine on an I/O box
Running, idle and stopped from the lamps, and a cycle count.
Laser cutting machine
State, job, laser power and gas pressure.
Welding cell: power source and robot
Arc-on time, the OEE of a welding cell.
Your own type
Equipment not listed here is added as your own type, and every unit of that kind starts from it.
Power and energy5 kinds
Electricity meter and power analyser
Power, energy, voltage, current and power factor: base load, peaks and kWh per part.
Power distribution: feeders, transformer, rectifier, lighting
Trips, loading and power quality on the electrical backbone.
PV inverter on the roof
Solar yield, so roof solar does not hide base load and peaks on the energy screens.
Billing load profile from the grid operator (RLM, 15-minute)
The profile your electricity bill is made from, including the peak that sets the demand charge.
Gas and water meters
Gas and water use beside electricity, on the same screens.
Your own type
Equipment not listed here is added as your own type, and every unit of that kind starts from it.
Air, water and cooling11 kinds
Air compressor
Network pressure, discharge temperature, state, running and loaded hours. Power comes from a sub-meter, because the controller does not report it.
Compressed-air system
Specific power, and the share of air lost to leaks outside production.
Compressed-air header flow meter
Flow on the main air pipe.
Compressed-air dryer
Fault state. The dew point comes from an added sensor.
Compressed-air receiver
Receiver pressure against point-of-use pressure, which shows pipe losses and leaks.
Compressed-air line filter
The pressure difference across the filter. A clogged filter costs pressure.
Chiller for spindle and process cooling
Supply and return temperature and faults. A stop already in the CNC alarm list is counted once, never twice.
Central coolant system
Pressure, filter state and emulsion concentration. When it stops, the whole line stops.
Water treatment: DI and process water
Conductivity and tank level.
Central chip system and briquetting press
State and faults. A stop fills the hoppers at every machine.
Extraction: oil mist, welding fume, dust
Fan running and filter pressure difference, which tell you when a filter needs changing.
Your own type
Equipment not listed here is added as your own type, and every unit of that kind starts from it.
Beside the machine10 kinds
Machine coolant tank
Level and refill events. Low level stops machining.
High-pressure coolant unit
Fault state.
Chip conveyor
Running and jams. One beside nearly every machine.
Band and circular saw
Running, fault, cut count and blade drive current.
Parts washer and washing bath
Bath temperature, level, pump and heater state.
Grinding and deburring
Cycles from a contact, running time from a clamp.
Tool presetter and shrink-fit unit
Tool data as files, shrink cycles as counts.
Tool vending cabinet
Withdrawals, returns, stock and cost per cost centre. Never a person.
Heat treatment: furnace, zones, quench, atmosphere
Zone temperatures, program, batch and charge mass: kWh per kg and a batch record.
Surface treatment line and process baths
Bath temperature and level, line state and dosing.
Your own type
Equipment not listed here is added as your own type, and every unit of that kind starts from it.
Moving material3 kinds
Bar store, automated store and stacker crane
Picks, stock and faults.
Loading automation: gantry loaders, cells, bar feeders, conveyors
Its own state, which explains why a machine stands idle.
Mobile robot (AMR, AGV) and charger
Battery, position, driving, charging, errors and loads.
Your own type
Equipment not listed here is added as your own type, and every unit of that kind starts from it.
Measuring and checking6 kinds
Coordinate measuring machine (CMM)
Deviation and in-tolerance per characteristic, for every measured part.
In-line and at-line gauges
Measured values and OK or not OK for each part, for SPC.
Test stands: leak, end-of-line, roughness, contour
Results per part and a test count.
Code reader (data matrix)
The code on each part and a read count, for traceability.
Marking unit: laser or dot-peen
A count of marks.
Industrial scale and weighing station
Weight, and whether the reading is stable.
Your own type
Equipment not listed here is added as your own type, and every unit of that kind starts from it.
The building4 kinds
Heating, ventilation and air (HVAC zone)
Zone temperature, setpoint, fan state and filter alarm. Read, never set.
Hall and measuring-room climate point
Temperature and humidity, with stability and gradient for the measuring room to VDI/VDE 2627.
Fire and safety unit
Alarm or fault, read and never acted on.
Door and gate contact
Open or closed. Never who opened it.
Your own type
Equipment not listed here is added as your own type, and every unit of that kind starts from it.
Names identify equipment we read; no partnership implied. All trademarks belong to their owners.
Four doors: every device takes the one that suits it
LoomSome machines speak a modern protocol at the control. Some publish their own readings. Some only talk to a local network or a maker's system. Some have nothing but a lamp. Loom has a door for each, and every reading comes out the same shape.
Climate pointDoor contactMobile robot
Loom DirectMQTT, HTTP, CoAP, LwM2M, SNMP; VDA 5050 for mobile robots
HVAC zoneCMM result filesCode readerScaleSerial compressor
Loom EdgeSerial Modbus, BACnet/IP, FTP file drops, CSV, TCP sockets
Tool vending cabinetBar storeLoRaWAN sensors
Loom IntegrationsWebhooks, REST, LoRaWAN network servers, maker portals
CNC controlEnergy meterCompressorChip system PLCOld machine's lamps
Loom WireOPC UA, Modbus TCP, MTConnect, S7, FOCAS
LoomSoftware you run, read-only at the machine
Loom Direct
Sensors and devices that publish their own readings come straight in, with no extra program in between. Climate points, door contacts and mobile robots arrive this way.
MQTT, HTTP, CoAP, LwM2M, SNMP; VDA 5050 over MQTT for mobile robots
Loom Edge
A small program next to the machines speaks the local language and forwards the readings. It handles the protocols that never leave the hall: serial lines, building automation, result files and network sockets.
Serial Modbus (RTU), BACnet/IP, FTP file drops, CSV, TCP sockets
Loom Integrations
When another system already holds the data, it hands it over. A tool vending cabinet, a warehouse system, a LoRaWAN network server or a maker's portal sends its data, and a converter turns it into readings.
Webhooks, REST, LoRaWAN network servers, maker portals
Loom Wire
Loom reads the control or the PLC directly: machine state, spindle, feed, program, tool, alarms and part count, where the control offers them. Machines with no network join through the signals they already give.
OPC UA (umati where offered), Modbus TCP, MTConnect, S7, FANUC controls over FOCAS with FANUC's licensed library on site
Also on the floor
Solar invertersRead over SunSpec, so roof solar shows beside base load and peaks.
4–20 mA and PT100Pressure, level and temperature sensors, through an I/O box.
Pulse metersGas, water and sub-meters, counted pulse by pulse.
Volt-free contactsFaults, alarms and open or closed, one contact each.
Fieldbus machinesProfinet, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, PROFIBUS, IO-Link and HART, read through the PLC or a coupler already on that bus.
Old machines: counted the same way as new ones
LoomA machine does not need a network to be counted. There are three routes in, and which one suits each machine is settled with you at set-up. Machines thirty years apart end up on the same screen, counted the same way.
Loomsoftware you run
Loom reads the lamps and contacts it already has.Running, idle and stopped, and a count of cycles.
Loom reads a sensor added to it.Where the machine shows nothing, an added sensor fills the gap.
Loom reads a meter on its supply.Running or idle, and its energy beside the other machines.
Setting up a machine: Loom does the reading, you confirm
LoomYou do not need to know where a machine keeps its power reading or its part count. Every machine is set up by the first of four routes that fits it. Where the library and the machine have no answer, Loom AI reads the manual or the live signals and proposes what to record. Each route ends with a person confirming what is read.
Loomsoftware you run
- 1The model is in the libraryIts values are already filled in, and you check them.
- 2The machine lists what it offersControls that describe themselves list their values, and you pick what to read.
- 3Loom AIBring the manualLoom AI reads the maker's manual, for any device and any protocol, and turns it into the list of values the machine can report. You check the list.
- 4Loom AIWire the signalsLoom AI watches the live signals, recognises the patterns, and picks out the values worth recording. It shows them to you to confirm.
You check a list, not a blank form.Every route ends in a list of values for you to check.
A value the machine does not give stays empty.It stays empty until a person fills it in.
Each model is set up only once.The next machine of the same model starts from it.
If you have no manual, we find it.We look it up from the maker and the model.
Every route ends the same way. A supervisor approves each connection before its first reading. Loom does not scan your network, and nothing connects itself.
Onboarding: a guided set-up, not a project
The whole plant goes in the same way, many machines in one pass.
- Each person gets a sign-in link.One link per person, for setting up or for approving.
- You load your machine list.One workbook brings in many machines in one pass.
- You add your shift calendar.It holds your shifts, holidays and planned stops.
- A supervisor approves each connection.Nothing is read before that approval.
- You get an export of everything.You can check it and load it again.
Who it's for
LoomThe plant manager
If you run a plant with forty machines from six makers and three decades:
- You see all of them on one screen, counted the same way, so Hall 1 and Hall 2 compare on the same terms.
- The compressor, the chiller and the central coolant system sit beside the machines they keep running, so a stop in the utilities room shows where it starts.
- The lathe from 1994 with only a stack light counts its running, idle and stopped hours like the machining centre bought last year.
Automation and IT
If you look after the controls, the PLCs and the plant network:
- Loom only reads. It has no write path to any control, so a setpoint, a program or a cycle stays as it is.
- You choose the door per machine: OPC UA, MTConnect, Modbus TCP, S7 or FOCAS at the control, BACnet and serial lines through the Loom Edge door.
- It runs on premise in your plant, in your own cloud, or both, and no new connection reads until a supervisor approves it.
The owner
If you own the plant and sign off what it spends:
- You get the data from the machines you already have, with no PLC to replace and no machine to retire.
- Energy per machine and per part sits beside the bill it adds up to, including the 15-minute peak that sets your demand charge.
- The compressed air lost to leaks outside production shows up as a share of what the compressors made.
Tell us what is on your floor. We tell you which door each machine takes.
Readiness self-assessment
Where your plant stands before the first machine is connected.
OEE reality check: the calculator
See how far a reported OEE can sit from one that counts micro-stops and speed loss.
We set it up with you.
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Questions automation and plant IT ask
No. Loom only reads. It has no write path to the control, so it cannot change a setpoint, a program or a cycle.
No. Loom connects what you have, as it is. It reads the controls, PLCs, meters and systems already in the plant, and it needs no maker's platform in between.
Yes. A machine without a network is read from the signals it already gives, such as its stack light, or from a sensor or a meter added to it. You get running and idle at least, and from the lamps also stopped and a cycle count.
Yes. Loom reads FANUC controls over FOCAS, with FANUC's licensed library on site.
Bring the manual. Loom AI reads it and turns it into a list of what the machine can report, ready for you to check. If you don't have the manual, we look it up from the maker and the model.
No. Loom AI proposes what to read, and a person confirms every proposal. A supervisor approves each connection before its first reading.
On premise in your plant, in your own cloud, or both: you choose. In a hybrid set-up, the edge computer in each plant reads the machines, buffers through a network drop and sends on only the data you choose.