ITI Adds New Polar Crane to Repertoire

Industrial Training International (ITI) has debuted the newest addition to the ITI VR Crane Simulator, the Polar Crane: 175 Ton Capacity - Built to Handle Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Components. Modeled in partnership with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the ITI VR Polar Crane provides end users with an immersive and true-to-life experience of operating a Reactor Servicing Crane.

The ITI VR Polar Crane operates on a circular track or runway, within containment/reactor facilities. Polar cranes' primary function is removal and replacement of reactor components. They are also utilized during the refueling and outage process.

Due to the highly specialized environment and use cases, training for polar crane operators presents a number of challenges, which ITI has addressed with the simulator.

ITI VR and Serious Labs have partnered to deliver a Crane Simulation Library, featuring over 1,000 scenarios across nine crane models. The library was developed in partnership with crane leaders like Bechtel, Mammoet, and in the case of Polar Crane, TVA.