NES NEWS

The Importance of Efficiency for Both Elite Bearings and Athletes.

Napoleon Engineering specializes in bearing efficiency evaluation Angelina Napoleon squares her hips and shoulders. She minimizes her movements to maintain forward momentum. She quickly returns her body to the proper position, allowing her feet to hit the ground with minimal interruption of her stride. Napoleon, of Allegany, N.Y., a small town tucked beneath the Allegheny Mountains, has established herself as one of the top under-20 runners in the country. She twice set the women’s U-20 record while claiming national titles in the 2,000-meter steeplechase. She’s an eight-time New York State scholastic track and field and cross-country champion. She’s the reigning…

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Letter From The President, February 2024

March 4, 2024 To our valued NES customers and associates, NES is ‘answering the call’ from many aerospace companies needing high-quality custom bearings in shorter lead times to meet market demand. Whether it’s a space launch service provider or a major gas turbine engine manufacturer, highly engineered rolling element bearing supply is critical to mission and product line sustainability. NES is turning heads in the aerospace industry due to our vast capability, skills and vision within the industry. We’re proud to be making a difference in the world of flight. Bearing efficiency is on the minds of many industrial OEMs who…

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Digital Stitching to Enhance Source Qualification Inspections

NES enhances renowned SQI with digital stitching By J.P. BUTLER Marketing Coordinator OLEAN, N.Y. – Napoleon Engineering Services (NES) had long ago set itself apart with its Source Qualification Inspection program. A unique bearing reverse engineering initiative, Napoleon’s SQI provides an in-depth, analytical look at a manufacturer’s design intentions, manufacturing capabilities and overall quality of workmanship. It has been performed, with unparalleled results, for hundreds of customers, allowing them to confidently qualify the best bearing and supplier for their desired application. It is, perhaps, the Olean, N.Y.-based bearing company’s defining triumph. In the last 18 months, however, this program’s capabilities…

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Letter From The President, January 2024

To our valued NES customers and associates, “We’re busy!” That’s my answer when a neighbor, community member or customer asks me, “How’s business at NES?”  In fact, we’re busy across all areas of the business: Bearing Inspection, Bearing Testing and high-precision Bearing Manufacturing.  Industrial OEMs are navigating bearing plant closures and supply chain shortages that require NES inspection services to evaluate new sources of supply. The electrification movement has created a focus on bearing efficiency carried out on NES test rigs. The burgeoning aerospace industry is experiencing bearing supply chain challenges, opening the door for approval of NES bearings in…

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NES Renews AS9100 & ISO9001 Certifications

NES Bearing Company, Inc. a complete bearing solutions provider specializing in custom bearings, bearing inspection and bearing testing, recently completed annual audits to renew the Olean, NY facility’s AS9100 Aerospace Standard for Quality Systems and ISO 9001 Quality Management System certifications. To maintain the AS9100 certification NES underwent an audit to ensure their quality assurance practices meet the requirements of the AS9100 Aerospace Standard for Quality Systems. AS9100 registration is required in order to provide products to the aerospace market. PRI conducted the audit in accordance with the AS9100 requirement for an annual renewal. NES also renewed their ISO 9001:2015…

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NES ACHIEVES NADCAP CERTIFICATION

Napoleon Engineering Services (NES) is proud to announce that it has achieved accreditation by the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP) for Chemical Processing. NADCAP was created in 1990 by SAE Inc. and is administered by the not-for-profit Performance Review Institute (PRI), a global provider of customer focused solutions. NADCAP provides company level accreditation based on specific processes, such as chemical processing, used by aerospace suppliers. This accreditation means that NES is in line with NADCAP’s standardized approach to quality assurance, which replaces routine auditing with more in-depth, technically superior, special process audits, and it demonstrates NES’s commitment…

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Napoleon Conquers Commercial Space Market (Article in Bearing News)

The space industry thrives on the word “heritage”. Relying on historical designs, equipment, processes and suppliers results in known outcomes and reduced risks in the high stakes world of rocket launches. It’s hard to compete with that logic. But that hasn’t stopped Napoleon Engineering Services (NES) from going all in to support the commercial space industry with custom bearings for a wide variety of mission critical applications from turbo pumps, values, actuators and hydraulic power units to docking systems. The Olean, NY based custom bearing manufacturer has roots in the aircraft industry dating back to the 1990’s. That heritage has…

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Qualifying Your Bearing Supplier

Chris Napoleon, President of NES interview with PTE (Power Transmission Engineering)

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Bogus Bearings Still on a Roll (Featured article in Power Transmission Engineering)

When a Rolex knock-off one day disassembles on its owner’s wrist — caveat emptor, you get what you pay for. And when — say Walmart — gets stuck with a counterfeit $50 bill, it is duly noted and life goes on. But when a counterfeit bearing finds its way into the guts of a piece of heavy machinery, or a medical device, or a production line — the ramifications can be significant, if not deadly. Bearings are much like gears — they’re everywhere. Which ups the ante that there exist numerous applications possibilities for counterfeit bearings to impact performance and…

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Qualification of Global Bearing Manufacturing Practices

Global manufacturing by original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and purchasing of bearings from global sources for industrial applications has skyrocketed over the last two decades. The playing field for the purchasing of bearings has changed significantly over this period of time. Historically, there were only a handful of bearing manufacturers who were called upon and trusted to supply bearings for high-reliability applications. Today there are many hundreds of bearing manufacturers claiming to provide the same level of quality and service. Furthermore, the top name bearing manufacturers have exponentially increased their global footprint to ensure their own sustainability within the global market.…

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