POL-X West, Inc.
Engineering Services for the
Transportation & Amusement Ride Industries
POL-X West has extensive experience in the field of
ropeway engineering. This includes specifications, design, analysis, and documentation
of all types of ropeway systems. In addition, our experience
participating in complete projects through the manufacturing, installation and
testing phases gives us additional knowledge, beyond the theoretical, to apply
to our engineering techniques.
The following are some of the principal projects
POL-X West has executed in the recent past:

Mt. Roberts Tramway

Elko Snobowl Express
Chairlift

Yan 7-96 Grip

Jasper Tramway Tower
& Upper Terminal

Yan Bullwheel
ROPEWAY PROJECT
LIST:
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Lift
profiles - ACAD, CADKEY - Adobe Fixed Chairlift/Elko SnoBowl, NV - Mt.
Seymour Aerial Tramway, British Columbia
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Line
rope & tower loads calculations - QUATTRO PRO - Putnam Creek Detachable
Chairlift/Silver Star Mtn., British Columbia - Adobe Fixed Chairlift/Elko
SnoBowl, NV - Unitel Pyramid Lake Tramway, Jasper, Alberta
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Tower
and stations foundation calculations - QUATTRO PRO - Adobe Fixed
Chairlift/Elko SnoBowl, NV
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Design
and stress & deflection analysis of tramway unloading tower and
foundations - ACAD, CADKEY, ALGOR - Poma Mt. Roberts Tramway, Juneau, AK.
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Lift
structure and components modifications - ACAD - Unitel Pyramid Lake
Tramway, Jasper, Alberta, - Unitel Mt. Jarvis Tramway, Hope, British
Columbia
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Complete
design, stress analysis, testing and manufacturing supervision of
4-passenger chairlift Detachable Grip - ACAD, SOLID WORKS, ALGOR, QUATTRO
PRO, DATA ACQUISITION - Whistler Mtn. & Silver Star Mtn. Ski Areas,
British Columbia and Lake Louise Ski Area, Alberta.
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Chairlift
Drive & Return Sheave weld stresses analysis - CADKEY, ALGOR -
miscellaneous Ski Areas in USA and Canada
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Garaventa
AG Jasper Tramway Rebuild – Tower and Upper Terminal FEA
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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