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Ship Gantry Crane Simulator

This module simulates a Ship Gantry Container Crane. This crane is permanently mounted on a ship with the trolley boom, which runs athwart ship. This simulation is capable of performing many of the functions performed in real-life operations.

General Characteristics:

• Realistic control stand, control panel, and operator's chair
  
• 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
  
• Real-time photo-textured 3-dimensional graphics
  
• Accurate representations of the working environment from the operator's field of view
  
• Variety of cargo configurations
  
• Accurate weight representation for all cargo loads, crane capacities, and limits

Operating Procedures and Characteristics:

• Travel of gantry for minor alignment within one hatch
• Variable speed of gantry up to 90 feet (27 meters) per minute
• Variable hoist speed 0-200 feet (0-60 meters) per minute
• Variable trolley speed up to 375 feet (112.5 meters) per minute
• Cross hatch movement of head
• Full range of motion between stops on extended gantry jibs
• Automatic slow down as gantry approaches limits
• Hoist limit stop 8 feet (2.4 meters) from cable drums with appropriate deceleration
• Simultaneous hoist and trolley
• Cutoffs at trolley and hoist limits
• Trolley and hoist limit switches

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 landscape, cables, loads, crane structure, boom structural members and environmental obstacles
• Realistic representations of boom and structural members
• 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:

• Avoiding collisions
• Avoiding twisting (helicopter motion)
• Monitoring bologna cable during heavy wind conditions
• Stuck payloads
• Handling rakes chassis
• Unbalanced container loads
• Blocked container locking holes
• Container hung on chassis (vehicle is lifted)
• Container hung on deck
• Twistlock operation failure
• Twistlock indicator failure
• Trolley limit switch 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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