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:

Lift profiles - ACAD, CADKEY - Adobe Fixed Chairlift/Elko SnoBowl, NV - Mt. Seymour Aerial Tramway, British Columbia

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

Tower and stations foundation calculations - QUATTRO PRO - Adobe Fixed Chairlift/Elko SnoBowl, NV

Design and stress & deflection analysis of tramway unloading tower and foundations - ACAD, CADKEY, ALGOR - Poma Mt. Roberts Tramway, Juneau, AK.

Lift structure and components modifications - ACAD - Unitel Pyramid Lake Tramway, Jasper, Alberta, - Unitel Mt. Jarvis Tramway, Hope, British Columbia

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.

Chairlift Drive & Return Sheave weld stresses analysis - CADKEY, ALGOR - miscellaneous Ski Areas in USA and Canada

Garaventa AG Jasper Tramway Rebuild – Tower and Upper Terminal FEA

 

 

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