Self-monitoring manufacturing system

A production monitoring unit for determining at least dimensional or functional data for a measurement point of an object or structural component of a processing machine, the production monitoring unit comprising:

• a support structure having at least one structural segment, a proximal end of the support structure being mounted pivotably about a base axis;
• a measuring probe being arranged on a distal end of the support structure;
• an angle measuring system configured for determining pivot angles of the at least one structural segment or rotation angles of the measuring probe;
• and
• a compensation unit configured for compensating a deviation occurring in the course of a production of a processed object from a pre-processed object in at least one processing step with the processing machine, the compensation unit including a monitoring functionality by execution of which:
• actual processing data relating to the at least one processing step is obtained in-line of the production by:
• measuring a test object processed with the processing machine from the pre-processed object in a working volume of the processing machine, wherein the test object is located in a defined position and orientation during measurement, or
• measuring at least one structural component of the processing machine or an artefact fixed at a certain position of the processing machine,
• the actual processing data is compared with nominal processing data, and
• deviation data is derived based on the comparison of the actual processing data with the nominal processing data,
• wherein the compensation unit comprises a communication interface for exchange of data and wherein the deviation data is provided to the communication interface.