Real simulation builds real skills. At CM Labs, we develop the only simulation-based training on the market that accurately simulates critical machine behavior. It’s an essential component of simulation that ensures efficient operator training and skills that transfer to the real equipment.
In the following short video clips, we’ve highlighted machine movements that demonstrate how close to reality CM Labs simulation is, from the backlash effect to boom deflection. Discover how true authentic machine behavior makes the following possible:
CM Labs’ simulations provide the most accurate representations of the pendulum effect on the market. In this video of our Overhead Crane Training Pack, watch how imprecise movements impact load stability and control, emphasizing the importance of controlling the pendulum.
The accuracy of CM Labs’ cable physics and pendulum motion enables operators to develop critical load management skills that enhance safety and productivity.
Tidying trenches is about more than looking good. It’s critical for instructors to take advantage of simulation to teach trainees this skill in order to mitigate the risk of trench cave-in, which results in stoppages as well as substantial risk of personnel injury and fatalities.
By using the most advanced soil simulation, the Excavator Simulator Training Pack let operators practice advanced skills, such as cleaning trenches or leveling.
Our Mobile Crane Simulator Training Pack is the only solution on the market that features the crane tipping during heavy lifts.
It allows trainees to operate in a challenging environment where they can explore the capacity and limits of the mobile crane, and safely experience scenarios that are potentially life-altering in the real world.
Even though steel cables are very tough, they still elongate under the heavy loads they are expected to bear. CM Labs cable simulation takes into account the elongation that cables experience when lifting heavy loads. The crane operator needs to factor this elongation in when lifting objects. Other solutions cannot build this real-world phenomenon into their simulations – and operations miss learning how to compensate for this phenomenon, increasing the risk of an accident.
In the real world, wind speed is rarely zero. Ignoring how wind speed affects crane operation risks vastly underselling the difficulty of operating a crane, resulting in negative training that can have serious ramifications once the trainee enters a real machine. Only with CM Labs’ simulations can novice operators experience authentic machine behavior and learn how wind affects lifts in a safe environment—a critical aspect of preparing trainees for the real deal.
Authentic machine behavior makes a difference in heavy equipment operator training. This is because it provides the most transferable skills available anywhere, outside of real equipment.
Negative training is training based on false information from an inaccurate simulation, causing operators to learn movements and behaviors that require retraining in the field to avoid mistakes. When working with low-quality simulations, this can be a real problem.
Even small details like tire bounciness have an impact on how the machine behaves. When a simulation doesn’t include these details, operators don’t learn to account for them. As a result, they learn habits that aren’t safe on a real worksite. If the simulation of a machine’s movements doesn’t cause it to tip when improperly handled, for example, then an operator may learn maneuvers that could lead to tipping. Fortunately, operators can avoid negative training when they practice and learn with simulations that have authentic machine behavior.
Authentic machine behavior is what makes our simulation-based training an ideal solution for any stage of the workforce management cycle, from assessing new trainees to upskilling experienced operators. It makes objective assessment easier and skills acquisition faster. It also makes our simulations powerful tools for safety training, as operators can safely experience scenarios that are potentially life-altering in the real world.
Learn more about the benefits you can gain from simulation in our ebook “The Benefits of Simulation-Based Training.”
