Simulator
and Trainer Moving Services
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Whether the devices are large
or small, ACME has the tools, trained technicians, and
company experience to relocate the most complex simulators
and training systems across the street or across the
country quickly and efficiently. Our unparalleled experience
with simulators and trainers gives us the capability
to precisely assess the simulator or trainer and determine
its unique requirements for safe and cost-effective transit.
With or without the original manufacturers support documentation,
ACME can quickly relocate nearly any training or simulator
to meet the customer’s
needs.
The Trainer/Simulator relocation process is divided
into three phases:
• Evaluation
and Testing
• Disassembly
and Relocation
• Reassembly and
Performance Assessment
Evaluation and Testing
ACME Engineers and technicians begin with a thorough
evaluation of the device and its current facility. A precise
relocation plan is developed and the necessary resources
are procured. Relocation plans are designed to minimize disassembly
or disruption of the device. The new and old facilities are
closely examined as well as the relocation route and access
to the structures and the device.
ACME engineers set the relocation
plan and the technicians thoroughly test the device before
it is disrupted for the move. The technicians carefully document
the test results to establish a functionality baseline. Then,
the technicians and the customer coordinate resolution plans
for any issues discovered during the testing.
Disassembly and Relocation
The trainer is carefully disassembled to the minimum point
required to facilitate safe and effective transport. The
technicians carefully document disassembly procedures and
component relationships to minimize difficulties during
reassembly. After disassembly, the device and its components
are prepared for shipping, loaded, and delivered to the
new facility.
Reassembly and Performance
Assessment
At the new facility, the engineers
and technicians inventory the device components and walk
through the reassembly process. They set the trainer
into place and meticulously reassemble it. Once assembled
the team services and adjusts the device, and then executes
a complete operational check. The team works with the
customer to rectify testing issues until customer satisfaction
is assured.
Expertise
ACME has
expertly located numerous trainers and simulators using
this process including full scale devices such as the Air
Force’s KC-135 Boom Operator Partial Task
Trainer and the Navy’s EA-6B aircraft Wing Fold trainer,
and two P-3 aircraft Air Conditioning Trainers. An excellent
example of our capabilities is the relocation of the C-130
Landing Gear Trainer at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas.
Under
a contract amendment to an existing logistics support contract,
the Air Force asked ACME to relocate the C-130 aircraft
trainer to a new facility. The trainer consisted of a nose
fuselage section of the large cargo aircraft containing
the nose landing gear and cockpit areas and the aft fuselage
section with the main landing gear and hydraulic components.
Each section of the trainer weighed approximately 5000
pounds and was bonded to the concrete mounts. The trainer
system also included an Instructor Operating Station and
Hydraulic Pressure Unit.
After a two-day engineer evaluation,
four ACME technicians tested, disassembled, transported,
reassembled and operationally evaluated the entire trainer
system in only two weeks. They devised unique methods of
freeing the trainer from its concrete bonded mounts, hoisting
the trainer levelly using multiple floor jacks, and attaching
the transportation frame. ACME located the original crane
contractor that had installed the trainer to assist in removal,
thus ensuring expert capability to speed the process. Upon
relocation, ACME technicians even created the new mount points
to precisely level the new trainer, a process requiring fabricating
the concrete pads and drilling 108 holes six inches into
the concrete for the mounting screws.
The results are simply
stellar: one year later, the trainer has experienced zero
impacts from the relocation and the customer is thrilled
with the trainer capabilities in its new home
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