We are honored and excited to be a 2020 CompanyWeek Colorado Manufacturing Award Finalist! The Aerospace Manufacturer of the Year is a tough category with lots of great competition.
CompanyWeek Best of 2019
CompanyWeek names Barber-Nichols in Top 10 Best of 2019! Read the Full Article…
System Level Analysis and Engineering for an Advanced Electric Propulsion System
In 2018, Barber Nichols (BNI) was awarded a contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the design and development of an Electric Torpedo Advanced Propulsion System (TAPS). The goal of this effort was to build upon and carry forward studies conducted by NUWC-Newport since the 1960s pertaining to Aluminum-Silver Oxide (Al-AgO) battery technologies.…
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.
Engineering Video
Learn what it’s like to be an Engineer at Barber-Nichols.
Wearing Sports Apparel to Support Animal Shelter
Here at Barber-Nichols, we love to make donating fun. For every employee wearing a sports jersey or t-shirt repping favorite teams, Barber-Nichols donated $5 to Foothills Animal Shelter.
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…
Practical Rotordynamics for Real Machinery – February 10-13, 2020
Winter 2020 – February 10-13, 2020 Location: Sarasota, FL Cost: $2750 To register or for more information visit www.nobullengineering.com. Click here to view the brochure.