POL-X West, Inc.

Engineering Services for the Transportation & Amusement Ride Industries

 

POL-X West, Inc. is an independent engineering firm dedicated to the application
of the latest computer technology to the design, analysis and inspection of
transportation systems. We specialize in drawing on our many years of production,
installation, and testing experience to enhance the final product, smoothing the
transition from paper, to factory, to the field.


Our experience spans several transportation categories which are listed below.

Click on the image or highlighted text to see a detailed explanation of that subject.

 

 

Engineering Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Material Ropeways - Cable Cranes, Skyline Cranes, Rigging Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

Passenger Ropeways - Surface Lifts, Fixed Grip and Detachable Chairlifts, Gondolas, Aerial Tramways, and Funiculars

 

 

 

 

People Mover Systems - Cable Driven or Self-propelled Monorails

 

 

 

 

Amusement Park Rides - Roller Coasters and other custom ride applications

 

 

 

 

 

Special Projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamic Finite Element Analysis – Vehicle Crash Simulations

 

 

 

 

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using ALGOR Linear Static and Virtual (non-linear dynamic) software

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Acquisition using the latest Kiethly DAS data gathering software to acquire and process strain gauge and accelerometer output in real time

 



Field Inspection and Testing - wire rope inspections, complete system field inspections, engineering quality control inspections

 

 

 

 

 

CAD and Solid Modeling - AutoCAD, CADKEY, Solid Works

 

 

 

 

 

 

About POL-X West

 

 

 

 

 

POL-X West, Inc.

Telephone:

001 (775) 882-7797

Fax:

001 (775) 882-8366

Postal Address:

P. O. Box 3612 Carson City, NV 89702 USA

Shipping Address:

4580 Wagon Wheel Rd. Carson City, NV 89703 USA

E-mail:

General Information: info@polxwest.com
Webmaster: info@polxwest.com

Send e-mail to info@polxwest.com with questions or comments about this website.
last modified: 12 January 2007

 

Text Box:  
POL-X West, Inc.
Telephone:
001 (775) 882-7797
Fax: 
001 (775) 882-8366 
Postal Address: 
P. O. Box 3612 Carson City, NV 89702 USA
Shipping Address:
4580 Wagon Wheel Rd. Carson City, NV 89703 USA
E-mail:
General Information: info@polxwest.com
Webmaster: info@polxwest.com
Send e-mail to info@polxwest.com with questions or comments about this website.
last modified: 12 January 2007