Industrial Training Models by DAC Worldwide
Understanding how industrial equipment works is one thing. Being able to see it, hold it, study it from every angle, and trace the flow paths and internal construction with your own hands is something different entirely. For process operators, maintenance technicians, and engineering students learning about fired heaters, distillation columns, compressors, cooling towers, and storage systems, that physical, three-dimensional familiarity makes a measurable difference in how quickly real understanding develops.
DAC Worldwide's industrial training models deliver exactly that. Detailed, to-scale replicas of real industrial equipment built with clear acrylic, component cutaways, realistic color coding, and true-to-life external and internal detail, these models give learners an immediate, concrete reference for the equipment they will work with throughout their careers. They are designed to appeal to visual and hands-on learners alike, and they serve equally well as classroom training aids, lab displays, and company training center exhibits.
Klein Educational supplies DAC Worldwide industrial training models to process technology programs, oil and gas training departments, power generation facilities, industrial maintenance programs, and community colleges across California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and Alaska. We help programs find the right models for their curriculum and get them delivered.
What are DAC Worldwide industrial training models?
DAC Worldwide has been a world leader in technical training solutions for industrial skills for more than 35 years. Their model line is one of the most comprehensive collections of scale industrial training replicas available, covering equipment from heat exchangers and distillation columns to gas turbines, cooling towers, compressors, storage tanks, and oil production systems.
Each model is loosely based on common equipment by well-known industry manufacturers and built to scale with all primary features and components represented. Primary housing and secondary components are sectioned into cutaways that allow learners to view internal components while visualizing assembly and disassembly relationships. Color coding throughout the models highlights flow paths and component identification. Every model includes a durable PVC base with provisions for tabletop mounting, and most can also be mounted on DAC Worldwide's display rack systems for training room display.
Heat transfer and process equipment models
DAC Worldwide's heat transfer model line covers the most commonly encountered heat exchanger types in process, refining, and power generation facilities.
The U-Tube Heat Exchanger Training Model depicts a typical U-tube heat exchanger based on TEMA and ASME design standards, with clear acrylic stationary ends, flanges, and nozzles providing complete visibility of internal components. A removable tube bundle, color-coded flow paths, and disassembly capability make it a hands-on tool for both operations and maintenance training.
The Plate-Type Heat Exchanger Model depicts a common plate-and-frame heat exchanger with clear acrylic components, color-coded chevron plate cutaways, and full disassembly capability to show flow path and sealing arrangement.
The Kettle Type Reboiler Heat Exchanger Training Model shows the construction and internal layout of a kettle-type reboiler, one of the most widely used reboiler designs in petroleum and chemical industries, with a removable tube bundle and full component visibility.
The Vertical Thermosyphon Reboiler Heat Exchanger Training Model depicts a vertical thermosyphon reboiler, showing the tube-side evaporation and two-phase flow path that returns vapor to the distillation column, a design commonly chosen for its higher heat transfer performance compared to kettle-type reboilers.
The Induced Draft Cooling Tower Model depicts a scaled replica of an induced draft cooling tower, supporting training in the operation and maintenance of cooling towers used across oil refineries, petrochemical plants, power generation facilities, and chemical plants.
The Water Tube Boiler Model features an ABS shell with cutaway showing a feedwater drum, front wall refractory, side wall insulation, and a clear acrylic steam drum, covering the essential construction and operating principles of water tube boilers.
The Fire Tube Boiler Model provides a complementary view of the alternative boiler design, showing the fire-side and water-side construction of fire tube configurations commonly used in smaller industrial and commercial applications.
The Fired Heater Model is a highly detailed to-scale replica of a cabin-type box heater with twin fireboxes, based on common designs by Tulsa Heater and others. The gray acrylic shell with cutaway sections reveals internal refractory lining, radiant and convection tubes, burners, temperature connections, access openings, stack, and stack dampers.
Distillation and column models
The Distillation Column Model depicts a typical distillation tower found in petrochemical plants and refineries with a clear acrylic 5-inch diameter shell showing internal piping, spargers, manways, nozzles, platforms, and ladders. The modular construction allows customization to match plant-specific configurations. An optional Random Packing Sample Set includes multiple samples of six common packing designs including metal and plastic pall rings, metal raschig rings, metal nutter rings, and ceramic berl saddles.
Compressor models
The Centrifugal Compressor Model is an incredibly detailed scale replica depicting features of both barrel-type and horizontally-split multi-stage centrifugal air compressors, based on common designs by General Electric, Hitachi, Elliott, Rolls Royce, Solar, and Dresser-Rand. The 7-inch diameter primary shell includes external detail such as inlet and discharge nozzles, casing, support piers, closure rings, oil connections, and bearing housings, with internal detail including the diaphragm assembly, rotor, impellers, shaft seals, journal bearings, thrust bearing assembly, and flow path, all color-coded throughout.
The Axial Compressor Model depicts features of industrial axial air compressors commonly used in oil and gas production and transmission and the refining industry.
The Reciprocating Compressor Model depicts a typical double-acting, reciprocating, crosshead-type air compressor in detailed display format.
Oil production and storage models
DAC Worldwide's oil production model line covers the specialized equipment used in upstream and midstream oil and gas operations. The Gas Turbine Model depicts a generic gas turbine in technically accurate, to-scale detail including design, construction, operation, and control features. The Flare System Model covers one of the most visible safety systems in any refinery or petrochemical plant. The Low-Temperature Separator Model and Vertical Cross-Flow Separator Model cover the separation equipment used in production facilities. Storage tank models include the LNG Spherical Storage Tank Model, Fixed Head Bulk Storage Tank Model, and Floating Head Bulk Storage Tank Model. Oil production equipment models include a Rotary Drilling Bit Replica Set, Rod Pump Stuffing Box Assembly Replica Model, Sucker Rod Pump Model, and Pumpjack Model.
Mechanical drives models
The Kingsbury Thrust Bearing Model supports training in fluid film thrust bearing design and maintenance, covering one of the most important and least visible components in rotating equipment. The Fluid Coupling Replica covers the hydrodynamic coupling devices used in power transmission across industrial drive applications.
Who uses DAC Worldwide industrial training models
DAC Worldwide's industrial training models are used by process technology programs at community colleges, oil and gas company training departments, refinery and chemical plant operator training programs, power generation facility training centers, military technical training programs, and any program where students and trainees need to develop a genuine visual and conceptual understanding of industrial equipment before encountering it in the field.
The models serve equally well as classroom teaching aids, permanent laboratory displays, company training center exhibits, and reference tools that trainees can return to throughout their development. More than 35 years of DAC Worldwide model production means the products have been tested across thousands of programs worldwide and refined to deliver the educational value that industrial training professionals expect.
How Klein Educational supports your program
Klein Educational is more than an equipment supplier. We work with program directors, department heads, and workforce administrators from the first conversation through delivery and beyond. That includes needs assessment, model selection, and support to ensure your program gets the right training models for your curriculum.
We have direct access to the full DAC Worldwide product line and support infrastructure, which means faster service and deeper product knowledge for programs across our seven-state region.
Frequently asked questions
What are DAC Worldwide industrial training models? DAC Worldwide industrial training models are detailed, to-scale replicas of real industrial equipment built with clear acrylic, component cutaways, and color coding to give learners a three-dimensional visual reference for the pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, distillation columns, boilers, turbines, and other process equipment they will work with in their careers.
What types of models does DAC Worldwide offer? The model line covers heat transfer equipment including multiple heat exchanger types, reboilers, cooling towers, boilers, and fired heaters; distillation columns; centrifugal, axial, and reciprocating compressors; gas turbines; flare systems; oil production and storage equipment; and mechanical drives components including thrust bearings and fluid couplings.
Can the models be disassembled by students? Many DAC Worldwide models are designed to be disassembled to reveal internal components and flow paths. Specific disassembly capability varies by model. Contact our team for details on individual models.
Who is DAC Worldwide? DAC Worldwide is a world leader in technical training solutions for industrial skills, with more than 35 years of experience supplying training systems, cutaways, models, and dissectibles to maintenance departments, training professionals, vocational educators, and workforce development specialists across industrial, military, and educational sectors.
Does Klein Educational help with model selection? Yes. Klein works with programs from needs assessment through model selection and delivery to ensure programs get the right training models for their curriculum and training environment.
What states does Klein Educational serve? We serve California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and Alaska.
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