Microturbo’s technological innovation strategy
Research and innovation are key to Microturbo’s strategy and have received substantial human and financial backing since their inception. To prepare for the future and offer its customers more innovative and competitive products, the company invests 20% of its annual revenue in Research and Development, 5% of which - along with 80 engineers and technicians - is specifically devoted to Research & Technology.
Microturbo conducts or participates in numerous R&T studies designed to develop new technologies for new generations of civil and military applications. Some of the work is self-financed, while other projects are regional, national or European funding.
Microturbo works in partnership with several different research centers: universities, laboratories and institutes, drawing on its own and Safran’s networks. Design, manufacture and testing work range from incremental technologies on gas turbine component or complete systems (turbojets, APUs and GPUs, starting systems) to ground-breaking technologies and concepts outside the field of turbomachinery.
The subjects of focus cover thermodynamics, aerodynamics, aerothermics, mechanics, methods, materials and processes, and electronics.
As a result, Microturbo fully masters such cutting-edge technologies as air bearings, windmilling prediction methods and shaft-mounted high-speed alternators.