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Our editor tried out a CM Labs Vortex Advantage simulator at CONEXPO-CON/ AGG in 2017.


Gordon. “Our top priority was to provide operators with detailed training for the procedures of erection and lay- down of a 300’ boom or luffing jib. Tese are dangerous steps in crane operation, and we had to get it right.” In fact, requirements were so exact and critical that some questioned whether such detail and complexity could be adequately simulated. “We were skeptical,” admitted Gordon. “We weren’t convinced that a simulator could realistically reproduce the angles, point of jackknife, controls, vision, rigging, loads, cables, and a hundred other things.” Creating a training simulator that would provide a crane rating had never been done. Success would rely on capturing the real-world reactions of the complex equipment while reflecting the operator’s working knowledge of a specific crane type, model, and configuration. “Tis was an extremely complex project,” noted CM


Labs Director of Product Strategy, Drew Carruthers. “We modeled the crane’s inner workings exactly - every segment, every wire, each component. We had to identify what could behave how, and why; and then model those consequences exactly. Our simulations had to allow the equipment to be pushed to its limits safely without exceeding the tipping point.” Engineering specifications and other information


supplied by the manufacturer would help developers create a model of the crane – along with each of its individual components. Tis allowed Carruthers and his team to realistically capture the relationship between


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all the machine’s parts. Tis level of detail was used to identify and simulate the steps of what happens when everything goes well, along with the consequences when things don’t – and ensure that the simulator’s reaction would mirror that of the crane.


GETTING TO WORK CM Labs delivered a custom simulator that met all requirements and exceeded expectations. What’s more, the simulator carries the distinction as the first and only virtual crane rating solution approved by the NYC Department of Buildings. Similarly, the manufacturer was so impressed that they are using the simulation model to help showcase the crane’s controls. “Tis was truly a game changer,” said Gordon. “It’s such an efficient tool, it adds another dimension and is an excellent supplement to our already stringent


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