POL-X West, Inc.
Engineering Services for the
Transportation & Amusement Ride Industries
LES M. OKREGLAK, P.E.
Education:
·
Under and post
graduate studies at Cracow Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Poland
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Participation in
Continuous Education Programs - Finite Element Analysis, Fatigue Analysis,
Amusement Rides Safety Inspections.
Degrees:
·
Master of
Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering.
Licenses:
·
Professional
Engineer (P.E. and P.Eng.) - US and Canada
·
General Engineering
Contractor (Class A) - California
·
Quality
Assurance Inspection and Testing Technician - Clark County, Nevada
·
NAARSO
Certified Amusement Ride Safety Inspector.
Work Experience:
·
Construction Engineer
for tramway and ski jump installations at Tatra Mountains, Poland -
1960~1966
·
Design
Engineer at POMA Tramway Company, France
- 1966~1967
·
Chief Engineer
& Vice President in charge of Engineering & Manufacturing at Lift
Engineering Company, Carson City, NV
- 1968~1987
·
Principal
Engineer & President of Pol-X West, Inc., Carson City, NV - since 1988.
Professional Experience:
·
Engineering of
over 600 ropeway installations in USA, Canada and Europe
·
Design of all
mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic components of aerial tramway and people mover installations
using FEA analysis
·
Mechanical and
structural fatigue analysis and calculations
·
Static,
dynamic and fatigue testing of critical components
·
Research and
development of new materials and manufacturing processes
·
Preparation of
detailed instruction manuals
·
Inspections
and evaluations of existing mechanical installations
·
Wire rope and
cable evaluations and electromagnetic testing.
Papers , Presentations & Publications
·
Electromagnetic
Wire Rope Testing - US Forest Service Training Seminar - Mammoth Mountain,
CA -
April 25,1991
·
Designing and
Analyzing Lift Parts for Metal Fatigue - Ski Area Management,
July 1992
·
San Francisco
Cable Car Original Design, Current Operation and Future Improvements -
OITAF-NACS Sixth Symposium
- Mt. Washington Hotel, NH,
September 11~15, 1994
·
Toward Better
Traction on the San Francisco Cable Car
- 7th International Organization for Transportation by Rope
(OITAF) Congress – Barcelona, Spain
1995.
·
Transient Roping
System Tensions in Getty Center People Mover
- OITAF-NACS Seventh Symposium,
Albuquerque, NM – September 8~12, 1996
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Attention Drag
Racers - Machine Design, November 5,
1998
·
Eye in the
Sky -
ALGOR, 1988 News Release
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On Your
Mark…Get Set…Drag - Computer-Aided Engineering, January 1999
·
The Birth of
the Cable Car - 8th OITAF International Congress
for Transportation by Rope – San Francisco, CA, May 23~27, 1999
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Getting a
Firmer Grip – Mechanical Engineering, February 2000
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Ski Resort
Prompts Chairlift Investigation - BENCHmark, April, 2000
·
Mount Roberts
Tramway - 2001 CADKEY User Profile.
Memberships and Participation:
·
AWS - American
Welding Society
·
ANSI -American
National Standards Institute, B77
Committee Member
·
Canadian CSA
Standard, Z98 Committee Member
·
ASM
International – American Society for Metals
·
ASTM -
American Society for Testing and Materials, F24 Committee Member
·
OITAF-NACS
-International Organization for Transportation by Rope
·
NAARSO - National Association of Amusement Rides Safety
Officials.
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
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last modified: 12 January 2007
