Vortex Simulators for Cranes & Heavy Equipment

Scalable to every training need and budget, Vortex simulators represent the widest range of training solutions available today.

Vortex Training Simulators

Flexible display options mean you can start small and scale up to full immersion, and swappable controls mean you can use one simulator to train on many equipment types — with the assurance that you can count on your Vortex simulators for years of training, thanks to their rugged, durable construction.

Construction Simulators

 

 

Vortex Edge Plus

Professional simulator training on the desktop

Designed for maximum portability and simple set up, the desktop Vortex Edge Plus makes it easy and affordable for organizations to run CM Labs’ full catalogue of heavy equipment Simulation Training Packs anytime, anywhere.

Vortex Edge Max

Motion platform in a compact transportable format

Affordable training for operator skill development makes it simple and affordable for organizations to leverage the latest in innovative technology for operator skills development. Easy to transport and set up, they are ideal for organizations looking to explore simulation for the first time.

Vortex Advantage

Best-in-class training for work site efficiencies

The Vortex Advantage is designed to provide the most immersive simulator training available today. The Vortex Advantage is a full-immersion training simulator that develops transferable operator skills. It’s designed for extended training, including mastering advanced skills. With OEM hot-swappable controls sets and pedals, and options for different screen configurations, the Vortex Advantage delivers high-quality training and flexibility.

Port Simulators

Vortex Ports hardware platforms

With swappable controls, flexible configuration options, and industrial-grade hardware, CM Labs offers a family of scalable Vortex port simulator hardware platforms that can grow with your requirements and budget.

Vortex Trainer

Entry-level desktop training

The desktop-based Vortex Trainer is a portable simulator that allows you to safely and efficiently screen new operators, and begin operator training.
A single Vortex Trainer can run all of CM Labs’ port equipment training packs. This flexibility makes the Vortex Trainer a convenient, affordable solution for integrating new and aspiring trainees into your operations.

Vortex Advantage

Versatile training station

The Vortex Advantage is a training simulator that’s been developed to stay relevant to your training goals — today, as well as tomorrow. Featuring a wide field of view and a dynamic motion platform, the Vortex Advantage is a perfect fit for training programs of all sizes.

Vortex Master

High-fidelity training experience

The Vortex Master is CM Labs’ full suite training simulator, providing operators with an unparalleled, high-fidelity training experience.
Featuring a full view of machine operations via multiple scalable screen configurations (9 to 13 displays), a fully adjustable seat that mirrors those found in real machinery, and a 3-degree of freedom motion platform, the Vortex Master moves beyond immersive.

Vortex MasterCab

Complete trainee immersion

This full-immersion training simulator provides the port industry with operational sightlines for all equipment in the CM Labs portfolio, for the most realistic training tool on the market today.

Utility Simulators

 

 

Vortex Edge Plus

Professional simulator training on the desktop

Designed for maximum portability and simple set up, the desktop Vortex Edge Plus makes it easy and affordable for organizations to run CM Labs’ full catalogue of heavy equipment Simulation Training Packs anytime, anywhere.

Vortex Edge Max

Motion platform in a compact transportable format

Affordable training for operator skill development makes it simple and affordable for organizations to leverage the latest in innovative technology for operator skills development. Easy to transport and set up, they are ideal for organizations looking to explore simulation for the first time.

Vortex Advantage

Best-in-class training for work site efficiencies

The Vortex Advantage is designed to provide the most immersive simulator training available today. The Vortex Advantage is a full-immersion training simulator that develops transferable operator skills. It’s designed for extended training, including mastering advanced skills. With OEM hot-swappable controls sets and pedals, and options for different screen configurations, the Vortex Advantage delivers high-quality training and flexibility.

Industrial Simulators

 

 

Vortex Edge Plus

Professional simulator training on the desktop

Designed for maximum portability and simple set up, the desktop Vortex Edge Plus makes it easy and affordable for organizations to run CM Labs’ full catalogue of heavy equipment Simulation Training Packs anytime, anywhere.

Vortex Edge Max

Motion platform in a compact transportable format

Affordable training for operator skill development makes it simple and affordable for organizations to leverage the latest in innovative technology for operator skills development. Easy to transport and set up, they are ideal for organizations looking to explore simulation for the first time.

Vortex Advantage

Best-in-class training for work site efficiencies

The Vortex Advantage is designed to provide the most immersive simulator training available today. The Vortex Advantage is a full-immersion training simulator that develops transferable operator skills. It’s designed for extended training, including mastering advanced skills. With OEM hot-swappable controls sets and pedals, and options for different screen configurations, the Vortex Advantage delivers high-quality training and flexibility.

Vortex Hardware

The Results

This immersive experience of our simulators, coupled with engaging built-in pedagogy and Smart Training Technology, professional-grade controls and seating, and best-in-class audiovisuals, ensure the best possible training outcomes.

Train faster
Our simulators provide focused seat time, without weather constraints, and dramatically reduce 1-on-1 training hours. Thanks to an engaging learning experience, trainees acquire valuable skills even when the real equipment is unavailable.
Reduce your training costs
At a fraction of the cost of the equipment, deploy a fleet of simulators with lower maintenance and fuel costs, and a reduced carbon footprint.
Train safety with real-world scenarios
Applying CM Labs’ proprietary Smart Training Technology™, the simulator accurately replicates machine behavior—providing real-world training opportunities to help reduce the risk of accidents.
An immersive experience to maximize learning retention

Motion Platform: The full-motion platform is tied, in real-time, to the simulation and accurately replicates much of an operator’s day-to-day experience: driving on uneven terrain, engine RPM vibrations, throttle, etc.

Trainees improve their muscle memory ultimately to be “one” with their equipment: feeling the platform bowing down as they dig, pitching at risk of tipping, or feeling engine vibrations through the seat to avoid choking the throttle.

 

Audio Cues: Noises that are essential audio cues for safe operation and task completion (such as fork scraping and shifting, alarms, honking, and other job site sounds) are simulated to heighten training immersion and increased learning retention.

Training packs

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