Adif transforms its training center in Valencia into a virtual reality center with Augmenty

The development carried out by this specialist consists of a simulator to understand and visualize, through virtual reality technology, catenary assembly and repair processes, so that the knowledge of the operators with the parts they must assemble is facilitated.

The technological training center of Adif in Valencia has incorporated two platforms based on virtual reality technology from Aumentation. One of them is specifically developed and dedicated to training its personnel in the maintenance of electrical substations through the simulation of instructions., regulatory compliance, risk prevention and repairs.

The other platform is based on a simulator in which operators, through virtual reality, They can know and view in detail the catenary assembly and repair processes. With this application, They can assemble different pieces that make up larger ones and give rise to catenaries., becoming familiar with them and that under normal conditions they would need groups of four or five people to manipulate them.

In the case of the virtual substation simulator, the student is exposed to the virtual environment as if it were the real one., but totally avoiding some of the risks that this work entails, like electrocution. During simulation and virtual reality sessions within the classroom, individualized active learning is enhanced, thanks to the student's immersion in virtual scenarios, that faithfully reproduce real work environments and simulated situations and incidents.

The student, through virtual reality headsets, can be introduced in various scenarios in which you receive instructions on the operations to be carried out for the learning exercise. The evaluation is continuous and the student overcomes the challenges of the exercise, while the rest of the class watches the exercise on auxiliary screens and interacts with their contributions in solving it..

For Francisco Javier Sánchez Bolumar, responsible for the Adif training center in Valencia, “The result of this first experience has been very satisfactory.”, proving that this methodological combination allows optimizing learning, improving and accelerating knowledge transfer to participants.

The application of virtual reality technology has been carried out for the first time in the formation of the Electrified Line group of the Public Employment Offer 2016, in which three methodologies have been combined: theoretical classes, simulation and virtual reality sessions, as well as practical classes, as Sánchez Bolumar has pointed out.

As Augmenty points out, This development with virtual reality technology provides Adif with an ideal solution to achieve better training and, therefore, professionals more prepared to resolve repairs more effectively and efficiently. For Javier Dad, head of the Adif Catenaria project at Increaty, “The application of technology to the industry is what gives it value.”. “It is the sense of the use of technology that makes this training center a leading national and international level”.

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