For more than 50 years, Barber-Nichols has
been designing and producing specialty
turbomachinery for submarines to satellites
and everything between.
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About Barber-Nichols
Barber-Nichols Inc. (BNI) specializes in the design and production of turbomachinery for aerospace, cryogenic, defense, energy, and a variety of commercial applications. Products include specialty compressors, fans, pumps, turbines, generators, motors, controllers, and more. BNI has the ability to manage your project from design and analysis to prototyping and production. Since 1966 BNI has been combining innovation with technical expertise to develop turbomachinery solutions for a growing array of diverse fields.
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 advantages over the current EMU PLSS, such as additional safety features, improvements in performance, and two fans that circulate 100% oxygen throughout the ventilation loop of the xPLSS. The Ventilation Loop Fans are used to circulate oxygen in the space suit through CO2 and water vapor removal systems, supplying fresh oxygen to the astronaut.
