POL-X West, Inc.

Engineering Services for the Transportation & Amusement Ride Industries

 

New York, New York Hotel & Casino – Manhattan Express Roller Coaster, Las Vegas, NV

Designed and Erected by TOGO International Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio.

POL-X West, Inc. provided Togo International with various engineering services during the coarse of the design and installation of one of the largest roller coasters in the USA.  These included analysis of track structure and fatigue life, field investigation of guideway structure stresses under dynamic conditions, and design of auxiliary structures such as catwalks and access/evacuation platforms.  Extensive use was made of AutoCAD for creation of layout and production drawings, ALGOR for finite element analysis, and Test Point for field data acquisition (strain gauge tests).  Each aspect of the project required close coordination of the work with Togo International engineers and the roller coaster operations staff, including field supervision of the assembly and testing by POL-X West personnel, when required.  Engineering certification of the project was also provided by POL-X West as engineer of record in Clark County, NV.

 

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