Tower Crane Simulator Free Download
Clotilde Wilks
Our training packs feature self-guiding, progressive learning programs, and best-of-class simulation, from cranes to excavators. With operator metrics captured at every step, they provide the most comprehensive simulator training available on the market.
Developer of Vortex Studio, the industry-leading platform for creating real-time interactive simulations within virtual environments, CM Labs provides capabilities for training simulators, mission rehearsal, serious games, virtual prototyping and testing.
Our tower crane simulator is a training tool designed and adapted as for beginners, who want to learn to operate with urban worksites equipment, as for more experienced operators, who have already had the opportunity to manipulate a tower crane under real-life conditions.
Developed in close collaboration with professionals, our tower crane simulator follows an innovative sequenced teaching approach. This teaching method, recognized for its effectiveness, enables gradual progress in mastering complex tower crane maneuvers, breaking them down into distinct stages.
Our simulators are connected directly to our supervision software (GSTA), allowing you to import, store trainee data andexport results at any time.
Form your trainees to operate a horizontal jib crane through an immersive, realistic experience. Your learners will develop the essential skills to operate this machine with confidence. Suitable for all levels, the simulator offers a variety of learning scenarios in a safe environment, without any risk to operators or real equipment.
Designed to guarantee optimum learning progress, our simulator enables precise performance monitoring and objective assessment of acquired skills. Integrated with your traditional practical training courses, it will enhance your professional training offering, bringing an effective and relevant virtual dimension to machine operator training.
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I'm looking for a ship to shore gantry crane simulator that I can use on my computer. The only one I've found by searching is the Vortex simulator, which seems to be a professional deal that probably costs an arm and a leg. Does anyone know of something more casual?
I know there's Crane Simulator 2009, which includes container loading/unloading on ships, but from what I've seen it doesn't have an actual gantry crane; just a standard construction crane with a container spreader attachment.
Haha. I know it sounds like a strange request, but I ask because I work in the shipping industry. Gantry crane operator is a potential career path for me, and I was hoping there was a simulator that could show me what it's like before I push in that direction.
I loved my jobs, but no way did Rambo on the Specrum prepare me for army life or Capitalism 2 prepare me for the city although I believe Louis Hamilton did learn to race F1 on the megadrive. Silent Service was good but didnt prepare me claustraphobia and stench onboard a Trident nor did ship simulator prepare me for sea sickness.
Thanks for the advice. However, I've been in the industry for seven years; I know about as much as it's possible to know about crane operation without actually being a crane operator. The pay and holidays are spectacular, and even the most automated ports still have crane operators. Currently, my job at the port involves being lifted up by the crane, set down on top of the stacks of containers on the ships, and leaning over the side to open the sixth and seventh tier twistlocks, so heights don't bother me.
What I was hoping for was a simulator that has accurate enough controls to give me a decent idea of how the machines are laid out before I head into training. Unfortunately it seems that nothing like that exists short of buying an actual, multi-thousand dollar simulation machine.
Well, I suppose the downside is that, as a crane operator, you're in a position to royally screw something up. Not long ago, a crane operator in Newark accidentally knocked six or seven containers off the side of the ship he was working, and onto the bunkering barge that was next to the ship. Luckily, nothing exploded and no one was killed (though there were injuries) but still, one small slip-up cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages and compensation money. My current position is pretty much stress-free, even if it is physically demanding and dangerous.
Although the crane tower simulator can be monitored by generic controls, our system allows the use of controls that simulate keypads used in reality for the tower cranes operation, making the feelings during the simulation the most realistic possible.
The simulator for training by LSyM has a complete instructional design that guides both the learner and the instructor, using the experience of this, in order to maximize the learning capacity of users.
The simulator implements several types of weather situations that may be critical in the real world such as low visibility on a very cloudy day or on a dark night. These conditions are also reflected in the physical operation of the crane, making much more difficult to perform successfully the different exercises on rainy and windy days.It should be noted that implementing new types of exercises is easy if necessary for some specification of a particular case.
Wiens: As simulators become more advanced and realistic in physics and crane behavior, there are many great ways for training institutions to use them. For example, at the IUOE 115 training association we have specialty created programs created by CM Labs for duty cycle crane work (pile driving, dragline and dredging) and have the availability to take an existing ticketed crane operator with no duty cycle operating experience in their career, and familiarize them with how to safely operate a machine, as well as what is expected of them when operating a crane in a specific duty cycle operation.
Limoges: Simulators are certainly an effective way to practice for certification testing. A number of CM Labs customers report seeing higher success rates for operators who have practiced for a certification exam on a simulator than those who practiced only on live equipment. The Electrical Training Alliance uses its crane simulator to prepare operators for the certification program through the Electrical Industry Certifications Association. The simulation exercises, inspired by the certification requirements, mirror exact applications, such as auger control, and pole control and setting, rather than generic scenarios. This translates directly into higher success rates as trainees are better prepared for both written and practical exams.
Czarnietzki: Simulators have a long history with certification, particularly in the aerospace industry. Generally, simulators are seen as an option when real world testing is too costly, complicated or difficult to reliably set up. There are advantages on the simulation side as well: consistency and objectivity. We can know exactly where someone was looking, what someone was doing and ensure they had exactly the same operational context as every other candidate. All that said, making something that is fair and viable for certification is a much steeper process than just creating something that can be used for practice and or orientation.
Limoges: CM Labs Smart Training Technology and motion-enabled platform provide users with an incredibly realistic experience. CM Labs offers three types of platforms: desktop, motion enabled single-screen and fully immersive up to 5-screen for heavy equipment operator training. The simulator is preloaded with various simulation training packs that can be easily launched while seated. The simulators use real controls, found in industry, that easily swap out.
Alexander: Our simulation platform is very beneficial to operators due to the integration of our CCS controls. Since we use the same controls/displays, operators can easily move from the simulator to the crane with no additional learning curve.
Wiens: I have only been consistently exposed to one version of a simulator platform and that being CM Labs. I have seen videos and examples of other systems but that is the level of my exposure at this time.
Czarnietzki: For cranes, screens versus VR is a big question. Additionally, motion hardware versus desktop. For cranes especially we feel that the amount of movement is low enough that desktop is generally a viable option, but the 360-degree visibility is so critical to crane operation that VR is a necessity. VR allows for an operator to look naturally, lean their head and see a real-world perspective, as well as have accurate binocular vision.
Wiens: A work case scenario can be argued for each of these visual interfaces. AR can and is used as an interactive preoperational inspection as an example. VR is an up-and-coming technology and at their current iteration is a viable option to have as the main visual interface on simulators allowing the most immersive experience. The downside is what happens if you need to interact with a side display for the safe operation or the running of a piece of equipment. If you interact with a virtual display, then you lose the tactical nature of interacting and programing a screen.
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