Why Choose Simlog?

Simlog is pioneering a brand new kind of product called Personal Simulator to provide cost-effective 3D simulation to train heavy equipment operators in the crane/construction, forestry, and mining industries.

And whether you're a school/training service provider or an owner/operator, they will help you:

Pre-screen trainees for operator aptitude. Studies show that up to 30% of trainees lack the pre-requisite abilities to become truly proficient operators of modern heavy equipment.

Prepare your new operators for real seat-time. Instructors will use your Personal Simulators for "teaching by showing" and then students will use them for "learning by doing", all in a way that's completely safe.

Promote what you do in your community by showcasing your Personal Simulators at regional events, even local schools and job fairs to support your recruitment efforts.

The fact is, Simlog's Personal Simulators differ from every other simulator product on the market today in these five important ways.

You turn your PC into a professional training simulator.

Simlog continues to pioneer the use of off-the-shelf PCs that our customers purchase in their home countries (and local currencies). After that, just install the simulator "ingredients": Simlog software, and simulator controls.

You can use different kinds of simulator controls.

Simlog software may be used with many kinds of USB-ready simulator controls, and mounting configurations (details on product pages):

Low cost off-the-shelf PC Controls are all you need to begin. This option is the default choice, and provides unprecedented cost-effectiveness.

For more realism at additional cost, we offer Replica controls featuring USB-ready industrial components suitable for table-top mounting.

Simlog's new Operator Chairs provide a superior simulation experience. There's a real operator seat, integrated consoles for the left and right hands, industrial pedals, and a steel platform with casters for easy portability.

Finally, we can also provide OEM Controls with parts from the operator controls of real heavy equipment.

You choose the simulator configuration that's right for you.

Decide for yourself what setup options work best. Some customers are using desktop computers with PC controls, while others have laptops with projectors and "Replica controls". Some customers have created their own operator chairs, even mobile training units.

So whether you're looking to prepare just one Simlog "station" or a simulator lab to train many people at the same time, Simlog has the right ingredients!

Your Simlog software "knows" how to teach.

Simlog's Personal Simulators feature an innovative Instructional Design developed in collaboration with training professionals, leading OEMs, their dealers, and owner/operators to ensure that the right tasks are simulated and that for each one, the simulated work is measured in the right way.

For each Simulation Module, there are Performance Indicators that carefully measure both the productivity (e.g. execution time) and the quality of your simulated work (e.g. stump height, load sway, bucket fill). In this way, the values of the performance indicators provide a comprehensive picture of what it means to "do the job right". Practically, there are hundreds of trials for each module, enough for many hours of continuous simulator-based training right "out of the box"!

Training is unsupervised, so there's no need for a trainer's station.

Simlog's Personal Simulators need no trainer's station, because simulation results are automatically saved. In this way, students progress at their own pace while instructors have more time to supervise real seat-time.

With results presented at the end of each simulation exercise, people can easily track their progress with respect to your simulator benchmarks. This shifts responsibility for learning from the instructor to the student, making people more accountable and training more effective.

Simulation results are saved in one of two ways:

In the default "Single-User" mode, the simulation results are saved as files, one per simulator "session". The files are named according to the date and time when the simulator-based work took place and include average, minimum and maximum values of all the associated performance indicators.

Alternatively, when the Personal Simulator is used in "Multi-User" mode in conjunction with Simlog's Simulation Manager, the simulation results are saved in a special Simlog database, indexed by simulator user. (The same database can be used with all of our products.)

In all cases, we make it easy to keep track of the simulation results, and we can even help you develop your own simulator-based benchmarks!

The fact is, Simlog's new Personal Simulators are easy to set up, easy to use, easy to transport, and easy to look after. That's real value for money.

Questions? Just contact Simlog!