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Feb 17, 2009 ABB in the virtual world Since 2005, ABB has been heavily involved in the simulator business. The primary reason that ABB chose to develop a simulator was that customers realised that training new operators was both difficult and costly and they often complained over lack of training time. Today’s organisations are much more streamlined than before and equipment is extremely expensive. And what company wants to risk training newcomers in machinery worth millions of dollars? These factors have led ABB to setting the goal of developing a product that will meet the highest possible standards.

State-of-the-art training package

The ABB ‘simulator project’ began with researching the simulator world. There were several suppliers, but none that were in the actual crane business. ABB decided that the simulator had to be built upon ABB’s own software and hardware. This would also enable research and development in the crane department.

ABB also came to the conclusion that the product must be more than just a simulator, as the teaching method was just as important as the equipment. The ABB Crane Driver Training Package contains a ‘full scale’ simulator, adapted to a specific crane (if desired), and includes correct environments as well as course
curriculum for both operators and instructors.

The ABB simulator was first shown at TOC 2005 Europe in Antwerp, and later the same year released as a product at TOC 2005 Americas in Savannah, Georgia. From the very start it was a huge success, judging by the amount of customer interest shown.

From PTI 39 page 57. Read the full article here.