CM Labs’ Forestry Equipment Training Simulators were designed in collaboration with Tigercat Industries to ensure precision engineering and realistic machine behavior. They provide training organizations with comprehensive education for operators — from roadwork with the Earthmoving Training Packs, and now, cutting and moving timber. The Forestry Training Packs currently run on CM Labs’ desktop Vortex Edge Plus and the motion-enabled Vortex Edge Max simulators.
CM Lab's Forwarder and Harvester Simulator Training Packs feature an industry-based curriculum built to meet the training and recruitment demands of the industry. With the widest variety of simulated terrains on the market, these training packs help to ensure safe and efficient operations.
Every simulated machine component is backed by precise engineering specifications provided by Tigercat Industries to ensure realistic behavior and maximum training value. Students gain exposure to the largest and widest variety of simulated terrains on the market, and as a result, transition faster and more effectively to the real equipment.
The Harvester Simulator Training Pack teaches students how to safely manage the harvesting cycle on different terrains. It helps reduce the training burden on seasoned operators by ensuring a higher level of readiness for the field. Trainees obtain a realistic lens into the actual work thanks to an immersive training environment fully equipped with multiple tree species, as well as night-time operations and different weather conditions like fog, rain, or snow.
CM Lab's earthmoving equipment simulator training packs are powered by decades of innovation and research into dirt simulation, so trainees learn proper digging, loading, and dumping techniques that transfer to the worksite. With self-paced learning exercises, trainees can work independently to develop safe work habits that get real-world results.
The Backhoe Simulator Training Pack highlights the versatility of this “jack of all trades,” with exercises designed to teach operators the full potential of the equipment. It’s the only solution on the market that is capable of simulating a backhoe’s backlash and instability.
Thanks to this capability, the Backhoe Simulator Training Pack is ideal for teaching novices critical transferable skills, such as how to leverage backhoe flexibility, and control its center of gravity for maximal efficiency on the job site.
The Excavator Simulator Training Pack features the world’s first commercial application of CM Labs’ innovative approach to soil simulation. This realism immerses trainees in a virtual environment that promotes rapid skills acquisition — from excavating and trenching, to trailer loading, safety corridor management, and more.
With built-in scoring, pedagogy that encourages self-directed learning, and challenges that encourage trainees to use their own operating judgment, the Hydraulic Excavator Simulator Training Pack enables trainees to develop a sense of initiative and responsibility that transfers to the worksite.
The Dozer Simulator Training Pack is a powerful training tool for both novice and experienced operators. It’s the only solution on the market that makes it possible to train for complex dozer leveling and grading techniques, thanks to its innovative soil and machine simulation.
Trainees can perform both heavy excavation and fine grading with the 6-way blade and manage their work zone by controlling dump truck positioning. This encourages the development of operator accuracy and efficiency, in an immersive, risk-free environment.
The Wheel Loader Simulator Training Pack is an immersive training tool for loader operations. It incorporates CM Labs’ advanced soil simulation, which reproduces bucket/ground interactions with the highest fidelity available today.
Wheel loader operators learn safe and efficient techniques in an open environment with multiple possible solutions, leaving them to exercise skills, creativity, and good judgment, just as in the real world.
As one of the most challenging pieces of equipment to operate, the motor grader requires countless hours of training for truly efficient operations. CM Labs’ Motor Grader Simulator Training Pack provides a complete learning solution for grader operations, from controls familiarization to fine grading techniques. The most advanced grader simulation available today, it’s the only solution on the market to incorporate real-time operator scoring, advanced earthmoving simulation technology, and real-life advanced effects such as side-draft. The training pack also incorporates self-guided learning features, including previews of each training exercise, and best-practice hints.
The Vortex Edge Series of simulators are entry-level solutions that make it simple and affordable for organisations to leverage the latest in innovative technology for operator skills development. Easy to transport and set up, they are ideal for organisations looking to explore simulation for the first time.
With a rugged, stripped down design that minimises simulator costs, the Vortex Edge Max is built to the same uncompromising standard that has made CM Labs the largest construction simulator vendor in the world.
Designed for maximum portability and simple set up, the desktop Vortex Edge Plus simulator makes it easy and affordable for organizations to run CM Labs’ full catalogue of construction and forestry equipment training packs anytime, anywhere.
Designed for maximum portability and simple set up, the desktop Vortex Edge Plus simulator makes it easy and affordable for organizations to run CM Labs’ full catalog of construction and forestry equipment training packs anytime, anywhere. It is the ideal training solution for the classroom or on the go, and a great way to quickly assess the skill level of heavy equipment operators. Its ease of transport makes the Vortex Edge Plus an optimal hands-on tool for attracting talent at job fairs and career development events.
Not every organisation has the time, manpower, or equipment available for training when needed. That all changes with the Vortex Edge Max. Packed with CM Labs’ award-winning technology, the Vortex Edge Max simulator is an entry-level tool that develops transferable operator skills.
With a rugged, stripped-down design that minimizes simulator costs, the Vortex Edge Max is built to the same uncompromising standard that has made CM Labs the largest construction simulator vendor in the world.
The Vortex Edge Max can also be connected with other CM Labs simulators to enable cooperative crew training exercises.
Easy to transport, set up, and use. Wheel the Vortex Edge Max out of the shipping crate and get up and running in under 10 minutes.
Designed for maximum portability and simple set up, the desktop Vortex Edge Plus simulator makes it easy and affordable for organizations to run CM Labs’ full catalog of construction and forestry equipment training packs anytime, anywhere. It is the ideal training solution for the classroom or on the go, and a great way to quickly assess the skill level of heavy equipment operators. Its ease of transport makes the Vortex Edge Plus an optimal hands-on tool for attracting talent at job fairs and career development events.
