Sydac - Training Simulation Technology

Simulation technology company Sydac has been providing modelling and simulation services to the mining, transport, defence and energy sector since 1988 ensuring our customers optimise the performance of their staff, assets and processes.

To the mining industry Sydac provides:

• Simulators for training or engineering purposes
• Modelling of plant or process for decision support, design or training purposes
• 3D visualisation of environments, either existing or proposed
• Accident investigation and reconstruction
• Computer based training tools and part task training for complex procedures and apparatus
• Consulting in simulation and application to training

TRAINING SIMULATORS

Simulation based training provides bottom line benefits through:

• Reduction of accidents
• Lowering fuel, tyre and maintenance through better preparation of drivers to manage hazardous situations costs by minimising poor driving habits
• Familiarisation with common faults minimising down time
• Quicker trained drivers as simulation based training allows training exercises to be concentrated
• Early detection of trainees who do not have the necessary attributes

A mining training simulator immerses the user in the task by accurately simulating the behaviour of equipment and the environments in which they operate. The simulator is built using proven software and engineered systems, and are appreciated internationally for the quality of their engagement with the user and flexibility in learning management.

The company offers a full range of simulators from desktop units to full equipment simulators, incorporating real hardware, world leading graphics and animation realism plus motion options. Multiple simulators can be linked to operate in the same 3D world creating a virtual environment as close as possible to the real operation.

VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TRAINING SCENARIOS

Virtual environment training scenarios can be pre-scripted as well as real time control from an instructors station with features such as:

• Changing of climatic conditions, sun glare or night operations under lights
• Insert a fault into the equipment or change to the surface it is operating in
• Record and reply of the training session
• Graphical feedback on performance and post session analysis tools
• Customised scoring and reporting facilities

MINING SIMULATORS

Mining simulators can be provided for all types of equipment and systems training, from operating earth moving equipment, material processing through to control room operations.

HAZARD PERCEPTION TRAINING AND AWARENESS TRAINING

Hazard awareness training provides cost effective and high quality practical training in critical and hazardous situations. As part of a well-constructed training program, it plugs the learning gap between traditional classroom and 'on the job' training programs, embedding new capabilities into the workforce.

Trainees are presented with a situation and must assess the actions of the characters and interaction with the system to understand how chains of events can lead to catastrophic events or systematic failure within the industry.

Our modern training simulators allow operators to expose trainees to extraordinary conditions in equipment performance and environmental conditions. This exposure develops the situational awareness skills of trainees, and their response to hazardous events and scenarios. Although rare, these events are critical to safe operations.

SIMULATOR TRAINING CONSULTANCY

Sydac offer a full simulator training consultancy service, delivered by a highly skilled team with the relevant engineering, technical or business expertise to help you achieve your objectives.

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SIMULATION SYSTEMS

Sydac applies its engineering, modelling and simulation skills to analyse new equipment and solve difficult technical problems with existing plants. Highly accurate physics based models are used to develop insights into operating dynamics of systems and equipment, and scenarios are created to test the limits of performance and capability of engineered systems.

OPERATIONAL AND TRAINING SIMULATIONS

Capability engineering models and simulations can be delivered as operational and training simulations or embedded within plant and equipment for system control and operations analysis or situational awareness systems.

Capability engineering development is applied across many applications and at all stages of the plant and equipment lifecycle. We work with new projects and developments as well as reliability and performance improvements and life extensions of existing plant.

Sydac is an ISO 9001(2000) company and the recipient of six Engineering Excellence awards.