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Offshore Platform Lattice Crane Simulator

An Offshore Platform Lattice Crane is used on an offshore petroleum drilling rig to unload and load supply vessels. The Offshore Lattice Crane module contains simulation information for fixed, floating and tension leg offshore crane types.




General Characteristics:

  • Realistic control stand and control panels
  • 3-axis hydraulic motion base that provides sensation of movement and motion, jolts from collisions, crane depression as a heavy load is lifted, bumps from uneven rail gaps, and the many other jolts and vibrations of normal crane operations
  • Instructor's station with display of student view
  • Surround sound effects including engine/motor engaging and disengaging, radio communications with foreman (instructor), wind, collision, and miscellaneous environmental sounds
  • Variable weather conditions including wind (variable speed, direction, and interval), sunny conditions where sun is fixed and shadows are cast realistically, and cloudy conditions with no shadows for depth cueing
  • Variety of sea states including calm, medium, and heavy
  • Real-time photo-textured 3-dimensional graphics
  • Accurate representations of the working environment from the operator's field of view
  • Variety of payload configurations with appropriate slinging and hooking/unhooking mechanisms
  • Accurate weight representation for all cargo loads, crane capacities, and limits

Operating Procedures and Characteristics:

  • Boom-limit cutoffs
  • Realistic hoisting, luffing, and telescoping speeds
  • Simultaneous hoisting, slewing, and luffing capabilities
  • Various boom configurations
  • Operation with jib
  • Operation without jib
  • Hooking on to a load
  • Moving a load from delivery area to placement area and vice versa
  • Orientating a load over placement area
  • Unhooking a load on placement area
  • Maneuvering in a tight placement area

Visual Effects and Graphics Display:

  • A forward field of view with approximately 50 degrees of horizontal view
  • Cab rotation, as necessary, for realism and effective training
  • Realistic representations of the operating environment including water and waves, a bobbing supply ship, cables, loads, crane structure, boom structural members and environmental obstacles
  • Realistic blind spots appropriate for representations of crane structural members
  • Load swing as a result of collisions with buildings, equipment, or other loads
  • Main wire swing as a result of load swing

Problem Conditions:

  • Preventing and correcting excessive swing
  • Avoiding collisions with supply ships, loads, and other obstacles in the work environment
  • Boom or cable failure

Summary Reports:

  • Date
  • Start time of simulation
  • End time of simulation
  • Elapsed time of simulation
  • Number and type of loads moved
  • Average moves per hour
  • Number of major collisions
  • Number of minor collisions
  • Total number of collisions

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