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Project data
External identifier
FP7-NMP-2008-3.4-1; 228595
Department in charge
Virtual Factory Framework (VFF) is a Collaborative Research Project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme
VFF objective is to research and implement the underlying models and ideas at the foundation of a new conceptual framework designed to implement the next generation Virtual Factory, constantly synchronized with the real one.
Project approach identified 4 pillars:
- Reference Model for factory planning
- VF Manager
- Functional Modules
- Integration of Knowledge
Participants
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - ITIA / Italy
- Homag AG / Germany
- Volkswagen AutoEuropa / Portugal
- Compa SA / Romania
- Comau SpA / Italy
- Frigoglass S.A.I.C. / Greece
- Alenia-Aereonautica SpA / Italy
- Audi Hungaria Motors Kft. / Hungary
- Ficep SpA. / Italy
- Parametric Technology / Germany
- Technology Transfer System S.r.l / Italy
- Nova GmbH / Switzerland
- CASP SA / Greece
- ROPARDO SRL / Romania
- M&LGROUP / Spain
- SimX ltd / UK
- Steel-Projects France / France
- Central Europe Institute of Technology / Slovakia
- ATEC / Portugal
- FhG-IPA / Germany
- LMS Unversity of-Patras / Greece
- ICIMSI-SUPSI / Switzerland
- ETHZ / Switzerland
- EUVE / Spain
- INESC Porto / Portugal
- CLUJ-NAPOCA University / Romania
- RWTH-WZL / Germany
- Fatronik-Tecnalia / Spain
- SZTAKI / Hungary
- PSI AG / Germany