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Mi-Jack Products Inc. used ConExpo-Con/
Agg 2014 to gain real time equipment feed-
back from potential end-users and crane op-
erators on hand last month at the Las Vegas
Convention Center.
Company graphics and engineering staff
created a Real-Time Travelift RTG Crane Op-
erations simulator. Based on a MJ50 model,
it enabled attendees to practice operating a
Travelift RTG outftted with new controls plus
forward and right side video screens. Users
could experience the ease of operation while
transferring a prestressed concrete girder from
site staging area to a waterway dock deck in
between two similar, fnished structures.
The simulator measures an operator's
overall time from girder pick to correct
placement, factoring precise crane, spreader
bar and lift hook maneuvers. Point of place-
ment requires users to negotiate two fn-
ished, relatively narrow dock structures that
combine for a gantry runway.
"We couldn't be happier with the re-
sponse we've received from everyone who
tried our simulator," says Mi-Jack Sales Man-
ager Mike Lanigan, Jr. "For those that knew
our Travelift RTG cranes, it was a ball. And
for those that had never been in our equip-
ment, they couldn't believe how precise and
smooth the controls were."
The simulator's site, equipment and
girder elements are scaled to the MJ50, a
100,000-lb. capacity model with 39-ft. inside
clearance and 28-ft. 10-in. hook height. Addi-
tional information on the simulator can be ob-
tained from Mike Lanigan, Jr., 708/501-4077.
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