Details and Sample Images from the Tower Crane Personal Simulator

The Instructional Design for Simlog's Tower Crane Personal Simulator features six Simulation Modules of increasing difficulty designed, in part, to help operators prepare for CCO certification.

Early Simulation Modules introduce the basic crane motions associated with moving hookblocks, then loads, while controlling sway. Later Simulation Modules add obstacles and load charts, to end with "zigzag" trajectory following exercises. You can even change the viewpoint during the simulation at the touch of a button.

Simulation Results

Simulation results are automatically saved on your PC. To make the record-keeping even easier, the same results can also be saved in a single database when using Simlog's Simulation Manager. With this helper product, you can create individual "accounts" for your simulator users with distinct login names and passwords, and group them into "classes". (The same database can be used with all of our products.) In both cases, keeping track is easy!

Sample Images

Here now are two sample screenshots (screen capture images) from Simlog's Tower Crane Personal Simulator software.

The first image is a view from outside the cab showing the tower, the jib, the counterjib, the operator cab, the trolley, the hookblock, and a sample load. (In the simulator, the clouds in the sky are moving!)

The second image is a view from inside the cab showing a concrete bucket and some wooden forms. At the top left are displayed typical instrument readings and at the bottom left, there is a simulated switch for hoist gear selection.

Note that the name of the Simulation Module and the trial number (simulation exercise) are displayed in the header of the simulation window at the top left.