Thank you, ColoradoBiz Magazine, for the incredible Top Company awards celebration on September 14th. We at Barber-Nichols are thrilled and appreciative to receive the top company award in Aerospace! Video: Check out all of the top company award winners here: Top Company Award Winners

Fall Rotordynamics Course Xdot offers a variety of practical rotordynamics short courses and training tailored to meet your team’s individual needs. We have scheduled a fall session of our Rotordynamics Short Course: Practical Rotordynamics for Real Machinery, the most popular training option, for October 17-20, 2022. This edition of the short course will be offered both in person…

Our space turbomachinery customers all require one thing in common: A CLEANROOM! Why is cleanliness critical in space turbomachinery hardware? Particles in Liquid Oxygen environments can cause catastrophic ignition and mission failure. Humans involved in the manufacturing and assembly process generate between 1 to 30,000,000 particles of the size >0.3 µm per minute and pose…

Congratulations, Gail Roberts, on phase 1 of your retirement. While Gail Roberts is not completely retired (transitioning to part-time en route to full retirement), we want to thank her for her extraordinary contributions over one incredible career. Gail is not only a Senior Designer at Barber-Nichols, she is so much more. Gail is a trailblazer.…

Xdot adds another new employee: Nick Jones Nick Jones joins us as an Engineering Technician.  Prior to joining Xdot Bearing Technologies, Nick was part of a team developing emergent production processes in the aerospace industry.  He is also a 20-year student of glass blowing and in his spare time he enjoys building and operating high temperature…

Xdot welcomes Wayne Farrell, mechanical technician We’re excited to add Wayne Farrell as a new team member at Xdot, helping out as a mechanical technician.  Before arriving at Xdot, Wayne was an aircraft mechanic for a year, and spent four years as a technician supporting the Mu2e project in the High Energy Physics lab at…

Xdot produces oil-free bearings for mass market green energy application The team at Xdot has been incredibly busy over the past 12 months.  We have been excited to partner with our customers on a variety of new applications,  including these cutting-edge oil free bearings that will be deployed in a mass market green energy application.

When you hear the phrase “The Hydrogen Economy,” it refers to the adoption of hydrogen to store and transport energy or as fuel to decarbonize industries that generate massive CO2 emissions, such as steel and cement manufacturing. One of the most significant hurdles the hydrogen economy must overcome is the production, transportation, and storage of…

“Thanks to our amazing employees. We have 180 employees at Barber-Nichols now, and they’re the backbone of our business,” said President and CEO Matthew Malone. “It takes everyone — the customers, the employees, and the public — to make a successful business.” Winners Announced in 2022 Colorado Manufacturing Awards The state’s diverse manufacturing ecosystem was…

Barber-Nichols Named CMA 2022 Aerospace Manufacturer of the Year Finalist! Barber-Nichols won the prestigious and competitive 2020 Aerospace Manufacturer of the Year Award and now is vying to defend the title. Barber-Nichols is honored and grateful to participate in a program that supports and promotes manufacturing and our community. Below is an excerpt from the…