This video provides an inside look at the Portable Smart Process Sensor Learning System (990-SD20) from Amatrol—a compact, hands-on trainer designed to teach key Industry 4.0 skills. As industries embrace the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and cloud-based automation, this system offers learners experience with the smart sensor technologies driving modern process control systems.

Learners engage with a range of smart sensors, including analog pressure sensors, electromagnetic flow sensors, ultrasonic level sensors, and point level sensors. The system also includes practical applications and real-world components such as an IO-Link Master, PC-based software, and simulations for level and flow sensing. With built-in curriculum, learners gain both technical know-how and a strong conceptual understanding of IIoT, edge and cloud computing, and data analytics in industrial environments.

Municipalities and public works departments are under growing pressure to train equipment operators efficiently, safely, and cost-effectively. As heavy machinery used for road maintenance, utility repair, and emergency response becomes more advanced and expensive, the need for high-quality, standardized training is more critical than ever.

Simlog’s Personal Simulators provide city, county, regional, and state agencies with a safe, scalable solution for building operator skills without risking equipment damage or injury. These simulators replicate real-world operating conditions for equipment such as skid steer loaders, backhoes, excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, and forklifts—making them ideal for in-house training centers and regional workforce programs.

Designed to align with industry training standards, each simulator features exercises that develop core competencies required to pass real-world practical exams. This reduces skill variability across operators and enhances service delivery to the communities they serve. Tech-Labs proudly supports public works agencies that rely on Simlog simulators to prepare their teams for real-world tasks with confidence, consistency, and a strong commitment to safety.

  • Simlog Forklift Customer Success Story

Novelis, a global leader in sustainable aluminum solutions, turned to Simlog to elevate safety and efficiency in lift truck operations across its North American plants. After a successful pilot of the Forklift Personal Simulator at the Oswego, NY facility, Logan Aluminum—North America’s largest aluminum rolling mill—became the lead adopter. With over 85 lift trucks and 600 certified operators, Logan introduced simulator-based onboarding to reinforce safety and reduce incidents.

Using Simlog’s Forklift Personal Simulator, Logan Aluminum implemented a structured training process beginning with simulator orientation for new hires, followed by hands-on training with performance tracking. The system not only enhances skill acquisition but is also used to investigate real-world incidents and guide operator recertification. As Safety Specialist J.T. Major noted, “Our Simlog system has been very beneficial to us as we provide a safe and controlled learning environment.”

Driver Training Solutions’ Sanitation Simulator provides immersive, scenario-based training designed specifically for waste collection and sanitation fleet operators. Trainees can safely develop critical skills such as route navigation, vehicle handling, stop-and-go operations, backing, tight turns, and hazard awareness—all within a controlled virtual environment.

By removing the risks, costs, and wear associated with on-road training, organizations can deliver consistent, repeatable instruction while protecting both equipment and personnel. The simulator allows drivers to build confidence and competence before ever operating a real vehicle.

Ideal for municipalities, private waste contractors, and fleet training academies, this solution supports safer operations, reduces accident rates, and improves overall efficiency across a wide range of waste management applications.

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  • DAC Model: 295-753
    Item Number:
    295-753
    DAC Worldwide's Floating Ball Valve Cutaway (295-753) is a sectioned valve sample for training in the operating characteristics, construction, and maintenance of industrial floating-type ball valves.
  • DAC Worldwide Technical Trainers
    Item Number:
    295-202
    DAC Worldwide's Floating Head Bulk Storage Tank Model (295-202) is a highly-detailed scale model of a common floating head storage tank.
  • DAC Worldwide Chemical Engineering Trainers
    Item Number:
    RAP/4000
    This self-contained system facilitates the study of pressure drop due to flow restrictions through valves, strainers, fittings, and pipe of varying diameters, different surface roughnesses, and lengths. The system also facilitates the study of flow rate measurement methods such as orifice assembly, venturi meter, variable-area flow meter, and by calibrated tank vs. time.
  • DAC Cutaway Trainers
    Item Number:
    200-2082
    DAC Worldwide’s Fluid Coupling Cutaway (200-2082) is an actual industrial fluid coupling that has been cut away to unveil its primary internal components and to show how it operates.
  • Item Number:
    208-110
    The replica duplicates all primary structural details on an actual, full-size coupling. Importantly, learners can completely disassemble and reassemble the replica, allowing them to develop skills they will use in the workplace.
  • Bayport Technical Working Demonstrators
    Item Number:
    102-PDTM2 | 102-PDTM2C | 102-VT | 102-WWT
    Bayport's Fluids Demonstration Models are a very popular tool to teach students the sight and sound concepts of fluid flows which cannot be experienced with drawings or computer simulations.
  • Hands-on forklift controls mimicking real equipment
    Item Number:
    FLT
    Simlog's Forklift Personal Simulator puts trainees at the controls of a factory forklift, simulating real-world warehouse and distribution challenges. Train safer, smarter, and at a lower cost with advanced modules that promote safety and productivity.
  • Virtual Reality Forklift Training
    This virtual reality course from Hard Hat VR aims to deliver thorough training on the secure and productive operation of forklifts. The primary objective of this course is to educate workers on the best practices and safety procedures associated with forklift operation.
  • DAC Industrial Skills Trainers
    Item Number:
    816-PAC
    DAC Worldwide’s Fuse Sample Board (816-PAC) is an introductory hands-on teaching aid, designed to supplement courses in fuse selection and maintenance. It includes samples of twelve (12) industrial-quality fuses for users to learn to identify.
  • DAC Worldwide Technical Trainers
    Item Number:
    295-301
    DAC Worldwide’s Gas Turbine Model (295-301) depicts a detailed to-scale model of a generic gas turbine.

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