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Truck Mounted Telescopic Crane Simulator

Truck-Mounted Telescopic Cranes are typically used in construction environments and include a hydraulic activated telescopic boom.

 

 




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
  • 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
  • Pinned boom section retracted
  • Pinned boom section extended
  • Operation with jib
  • Operation without jib
  • Hooking on to a load
  • Moving a load from delivery area to placement area and vice versa
  • Orienting 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 landscape, 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 buildings, 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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