Jun 2010
Barber-Nichols Inc. (BNI) would like to congratulate SpaceX on its successful launch of the Falcon 9. BNI has been working with SpaceX since 2002 and produced the turbopumps that supply kerosene (RP-1) and liquid oxygen (LOX) propellants to the Merlin engines.
More Aug 2008
A cryogenic pump produced by Barber-Nichols Inc. (BNI) is featured in NASA Tech Briefs because it uses composite materials to increase pump efficiency and reduce conductive heat leak. Several modifications were made to the design and operation of the extended-shaft cryogenic pump to increase the pumping efficiency. In general, cryogenic fluid pumping efficiency is limited by thermal losses (the thermal energy the pump adds to the fluid). The sources of the thermal losses are pump inefficiency and leakage (conduction) of heat through the pump structure.
More Apr 2006
Barber-Nichols' founders, Bob Barber and Ken Nichols, cut the cake at the company's 40th anniversary celebration.
More Jan 2006
Barber-Nichols was awarded a confidential contract for two LNG Vapor Return Compressors to be installed at one billion cubic foot/day import terminal and regasification plant.
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News
- 2013 Vendor Appreciation Party
- Barber-Nichols Awarded Air Turbine Assembly Manufacturing Contract For U.S. Navy's Virginia Class Submarine Fleet
- Barber-Nichols Awarded LNG Vapor Return Compressor Contract
- Barber-Nichols Awarded MK 48 Heavyweight Torpedo Alternator & Regulator Contract
- Barber-Nichols Celebrates 40th Anniversary
- Barber-Nichols Completes Construction Of A New Assembly And Testing Laboratory
- Barber-Nichols Exhibiting At 2015 CEC/ICMC
- Barber-Nichols Featured In The April 2005 Issue of Aerospace Colorado
- Barber-Nichols Proud To Support Makai On 100 kW OTEC Power Plant
- Barber-Nichols Selected As A 2016 Colorado Company To Watch
- Barber-Nichols Takes Delivery Of Five-Axis Machining Center
- Barber-Nichols Using Composite Materials In A Cryogenic Pump To Increase Pump Efficiency And Reduce Conductive Heat Leak
- Barber-Nichols Wrapping Up Major Facility Expansion
- Congressman Bob Beauprez Recognizes Barber-Nichols For Its Work With The United States Navy
- Manufacturing Expansion
- NASA's Kennedy Space Center Recognizes Barber-Nichols For The Development of Highly Reliable Liquid Oxygen Pumps
- Rocket Engine Turbopump For Deep Throttle Engine Operation
- Rocketdyne Propulsion And Power Recognizes Barber-Nichols For Providing Top Quality Hardware Used On The RS-68 Engine
- Step-By-Step Tutorial For Measuring Output Voltage From A VFD To A Motor
- Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Test Loop Shipping To Sandia Nat'l Laboratories
- TAS Energy Wins 2012 Excellence in Renewable Energy Award for Geothermal Project of the Year
- Turbopumps Supplied By Barber-Nichols Power Falcon 9 Into Orbit