Barber-Nichols Presents at JANNAF with Relativity Space

Brian Parrelli of Relativity Space and Derek Guyton of Barber-Nichols shared insights during a talk at the Joint ARMY-NAVY-NASA-Air Force (JANNAF) Meeting Monday (12/9) in Tampa, Fl on Relativity’s additively manufactured turbopump development.

Transonic Fan

BNI teamed with Lockheed Martin to work on an unmanned, lighter-than-air vehicle that will maintain a geostationary position at an altitude of 65,000 feet. The vehicle, known as a High Altitude Airship (HAA), is being built by Lockheed Martin and is being funded by the Missile Defense Agency. Specifically, Barber-Nichols designed and produced the transonic fans…

Additive Manufacturing in Action

Optimized design for product performance in a real-world application   Application Expertise  – Reducing fuel consumption is a growing priority as Large Commercial Vehicles (LCV) contribute to increasing levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems recover power from engine waste heat to increase efficiency. BNI has designed an additively manufactured dual-entry turbine…

Why Choose Barber-Nichols for Additive Manufacturing?

Why Choose Barber-Nichols? We don’t just print “best-effort” parts – we design, analyze, and optimize to print parts that meet your requirements, offering: Comprehensive understanding of application requirements Informed selection of candidate components for additive manufacturing Help build your business case comparing conventional 5-axis milling vs. investment casting vs. 3D printing Exhaustive material property database…

Barber-Nichols Delivers Liquid Argon Pumps In Support Of ProtoDUNE

Barber-Nichols Inc. (BNI) is pleased to be delivering four liquid argon pumps to CERN in support of ProtoDUNE, the prototype liquid argon detector that will inform the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) construction and operation. Despite being some of the most abundant particles in the universe, neutrinos are extremely difficult to observe and DUNE seeks to help…

Barber-Nichols Awarded NASA Contract

Barber-Nichols is honored to be awarded a contract by NASA Johnson Space Center for the design, manufacture, and test of Ventilation Loop Fans for the Exploration Portable Life Support System (xPLSS) in support of NASA’s next-generation space suit, the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU). The xPLSS being developed for the xEMU will offer many significant…