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 Electrical/Electronics Trainer
    Item Number:
    417-000
    DAC Worldwide’s Permanent Magnet DC Motor Training System (417-000) provides a starting point for understanding a common, widely-used industrial induction motor.
  • DAC Electrical/Electronics Trainer
    Item Number:
    411-000
    DAC Worldwide’s Permanent Split Capacitor Start (PSC) AC Motor Training System (411-000) is one in a comprehensive series of stand-alone, motor-related training aids that offers an introduction to a range of common motor types used in industry. This unique training aid introduces learners to the terminology, operating characteristics, wiring, and troubleshooting of PSC motors used in industry and commercially.
  • DAC Oil Production Training Model
    Item Number:
    295-901
    DAC's Phillips Cascade Process (LNG) System Model is a detailed and stylized scale model of a single train LNG production/conversion system, designed for training purposes.
  • Item Number:
    428
    DAC Worldwide’s Piloting Switch Module (428) is a motor control-related device that compliments and expands the usefulness of related DAC Worldwide motor control training systems by incorporating alternate switch components and other devices into control circuitry as found in industrial systems.
  • Piston Check Valve Cutaway (295-706)
    Item Number:
    295-706
    DAC's Piston Check Valve Cutaway (295-706) is a sectioned valve sample for training in the operation, construction, and maintenance of industrial piston-type check valves.
  • DAC Mechanical Drives Cutaway
    Item Number:
    205-280
    DAC Worldwide's Planetary Gear Reducer Cutaway (205-280) is a sectioned industrial, mounted planetary gear reducer for use in classroom and laboratory training relating to mechanical drives. This example has been restored, cutaway, and refinished using durable coatings.
  • DAC Worldwide Technical Trainers
    Item Number:
    205-180
    The Planetary Gear Reducer Dissectible is a sturdy unit mounted on a 7-gauge, formed-steel baseplate with provision for bench-top, workstation, or storage rack mounting.
  • DAC Worldwide Training Models
    Item Number:
    284
    DAC Worldwide’s Plate-Type Heat Exchanger Model (284) depicts a highly-detailed scale model of a common plate-type heat exchanger in a technically-accurate, professionally-crafted design. Based on a common make and model of a heat exchanger, the product is a complete to-scale replication of typical plate-type heat exchangers found in industry.
  • Connected Smart Manufacturing
    Item Number:
    PLC HMI
    Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley) CompactLogix control panel electrical project kit
  • 150W Dual Laser
    Item Number:
    PLS 6.150D
    The PLS6.150D is a free-standing platform with a materials processing envelope of 32" x 18" x 8.5" or 4,896 in³ that supports dual lasers. As a dual laser platform, the PLS6.150 can support up to two 10.6µm CO2 lasers with a power range of 10 watts to 150 watts. Additionally, it can support a single 9.3µm CO2 of 30, 50 or 75 watts. (if a 9.3µm CO2 laser is installed, only one 10.6µm CO2 of up to 75 watts may be installed at the same time.)

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