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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  • Amatrol Basic Pneumatics (85-BP)
    Item Number:
    85-BP
    Amatrol’s Basic Pneumatics training system (85-BP) introduces pneumatic principles through a combination of Amatrol’s top-flight multimedia curriculum with hands-on industrial pneumatic skill-building. Topics covered in this learning system include single-acting cylinder circuits, pressure vs. cylinder force, and flow control valves, while the panels can be used to practice skills such as connecting and operating a needle valve to control actuator speed.
  • Electro-Hydraulics Learning System (85-EH)
    Item Number:
    85-EH
    The Electro-Hydraulics training system includes an electrical control panel with relay control components and an electrical valve module with solenoid-operated hydraulic directional control valves and electrical/electronic sensors. These components will be used to study a variety of topics including electrical control systems, basic control devices, power devices, control relays, sequencing control, timer control, pressure control applications, and circuit applications.
  • BOFA Americas Laser Fume Extraction

    In the rare event that a burning ember or spark is drawn into the fume extraction unit, there is the possibility that debris in the filters could ignite. Although any resultant fire would typically be retained within the fume extraction unit, this would cause significant damage and in extreme circumstances, the risk may extend beyond the extraction unit. For processes where such risks have been identified, additional protection in the form of an in-line firebox is an additional precaution.

  • BOFA Advantage Range of Laser Fume Extractors

    The BOFA inline pre-filter 1000 has been designed specifically for applications that generate high amounts of dust or particulate.

    This inline filter unit is positioned alongside the main BOFA fume filtration system to increase the overall filter capacity and extend the life of the main filters. The DeepPleat DUO pre-filter incorporates a massive drop-out chamber within the filter, having a volume area of 15ltrs. Above the drop-out chamber but still within the housing there is a sealed 200mm deep pleat layer of F8 media giving a surface area in excess of 30 sq meters.

  • Fume Extraction Systems from BOFA
    The BOFA inline prefilters have been designed specifically for applications that generate high amounts of dust or particulate.
  • Levil CNC Mill-Turn
    Item Number:
    LMT-300
    LMT-300 CNC Mill-Turn is a cutting-edge aluminum cutting machine
  • Levil Technology CNC Machine
    Item Number:
    LMV-300 CNC

    The LMV-300 CNC machine dubbed “Quicksilver” delivers high rigidity, high accuracy and high-speed machining for all your cutting needs. The entire machine’s construction stably attaches to a granite bed thus dampening vibrations and making the machine a robust system. The cornerstone of the machine is that it is literally made from stone.

  • Denford MILLING and TURNING MACHINES
    A compact 3 axis CNC micromill milling machine with totally enclosed interlocking guards - the ideal introduction to small part CNC manufacture. Variable spindle speeds and feedrates make the MicroMill ideal for cutting resistant materials such as wax, plastic, acrylic, aluminum and free cutting alloys.
  • Denford Microturn CNC Lathe
    A compact 2 axis CNC lathe, with totally enclosed interlocking guards - the ideal introduction to small part CNC manufacture. Variable spindle speeds and feedrates make the MicroTurn ideal for cutting resistant materials such as wax, plastic, acrylic, aluminum and free cutting alloys.
  • Versatile, Affordable Router, Miller & Engraver
    Denford's high-spec / low-cost solution for all your routing, milling and engraving needs. The MRC 40 has a powerful 500W spindle motor and offers high speed manufacture linked with a large working envelope. This versatile machine handles small engraving jobs, and the large working envelope and Z axis capability (110mm) is perfect for the manufacture of large 3D designs. Set-up and tool changes are a simple process, and the MRC 40 has a host of optional extras for specialist applications.

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