Vortex Trainer Adds Desktop Option for Classroom Simulation

Enlarge Image Vortex Trainer is made for desktop use.

March 1, 2017 - CM Labs Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, now offers the Vortex Trainer. Designed for a classroom environment, the Vortex Trainer mounts on a desktop and makes it easier for training organizations to deploy CM Labs’ range of construction equipment training modules and maximize operator seat time.

 

The Vortex Trainer is compact and can be easily transported and installed in minutes. All components, from the configurable pedals to the operator touchscreen and high-definition display, can be ergonomically placed for trainee comfort.

 

The Vortex Trainer complements to the more immersive Vortex Advantage. It allows learning organizations to start novices on the entry-level Vortex Trainer and then complement with seat time on the Vortex Advantage. The result is more seat time and better prepared operators.

 

The Vortex Trainer uses industrial-grade joysticks and steering wheels developed by manufacturers for cranes and heavy earthmoving equipment, and it provides the same field-proven learning content delivered by CM Labs on all its training solutions.

 

Designed to complement training on the actual equipment, Vortex simulators provide a safe environment for novices to learn, while also allowing instructors to engage more students and provide more seat time. All CM Labs’ construction crane and heavy equipment operator training modules, including tower crane and mobile crane, to backhoe, wheel loader, excavator operations, and more, provide progressive learning exercises that range from beginner through to intermediate and advanced operations.

 

“With the Vortex Simulator,” says Tom Gordon, IUOE Local 14’s co-director of Journey Person and Apprenticeship Training, “we’ve noticed that when trainees get in the real equipment, they know what to expect—they know how to catch a load, and they know what’s going to happen.”