Barden Corporation

Barden Corporation
Company typePrivate
Founded1942 Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersDanbury, Connecticut, United States
Key people
Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann
Websitebardenbearings.com

Barden Corporation is a ball bearing manufacturer based in Danbury, Connecticut, USA with factories in Danbury, Winsted, Connecticut and in Plymouth, England. It previously had factories in Bridgeport, Connecticut (Lacey Manufacturing-divested in 2008)[1] and Haverhill, Massachusetts (Pope Spindle-divested in 2003).[2]

Barden specializes in the design, manufacture, repair and overhaul of aerospace and super precision ball bearings[3] for safety-critical and harsh environment applications[4] in a broad range of market sectors, from space[5] to aerospace to subsea[6][7] to high performance machine tools[8] to medical and high performance automotive applications.[9]

  1. ^ PEP Press Release, November 3, 2008, "PEP | Precision Engineered Products". Archived from the original on 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  2. ^ "Pope spindle is acquired by Setco. | North America > United States". AllBusiness.[dead link]
  3. ^ Fuchs & Steidel, Technology & Engineering, 1973, p399
  4. ^ NASA CP, Volume 3115, p160
  5. ^ Goetzel, Rittenhouse, Singletary, Lockheed Missilses and Space Company, Space Vehicles, 1965, p269
  6. ^ "Bearing inspection is no longer a pain in the neck". Engineeringtalk. 2 August 2002. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
  7. ^ "The Barden Quiet Bearing Analyzer" (PDF). Precision Bulletin. No. 9. Barden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011.
  8. ^ Agapion & Stephenson, Metal Cutting Theory and Practice, 2006, p138
  9. ^ "Super Precision & Aerospace Ball Bearings". Barden Bearings. Retrieved 2010-05-10.