Power Systems

A full range of products adapted to our customers’ specific needs

Microturbo has engineered a full range of Power Units (APUs/GPUs) and Starting Systems based on 50 years’ experience in mastering turbine technology.

Auxiliary Power Units (APUs)

Microturbo Auxiliary Power Units are compatible with all hosts, whatever the application: civil or military, air, land or sea.
Microturbo’s different turbine families deliver up to 300 shp (shaft horse power) of electric, pneumatic or mechanical energy to match the specific needs of your programs.

Our Auxiliary Power Units are the perfect cost-efficient compromise between the energy to be produced and the specific configuration of each application.

If major aircraft manufacturers – fixed and rotary wing alike - are happy to rely on Microturbo, it is thanks to the adaptability and modularity of our electrical and mechanical components combined with the acknowledged performances and reliability of our APU and turbine parts. Microturbo supplies equipment for a wide-ranging fleet of civil and military aircraft and helicopters, including the NHIndustries NH90, the Eurocopter EC725, the Alenia Aermacchi M-346, the Dassault Aviation Rafale, and the BAE Systems Hawk.

Always on the cutting edge of innovation, Microturbo recently developed the e-APU especially designed to meet the higher electrical demand of a new generation of more/all-electric helicopters and corporate business aircraft.

Microturbo Auxiliary Power Units (APUs):

Model	Supplies (N/A = Non Applicable)				Application
Model	Mechanical Power (kW)	Electrical Power (kW, kVA)	Air Flow (kg/s)	Engine Starting	Application
Saphir 4	N/A	9 kW	0,24 kg/s	Electrical assistance	Falcon 20 Dassault Aviation
Saphir 20/095	N/A	30 kW	0,1 kg/s	Electrical assistance	EC725 Super Puma Eurocopter
Saphir 20/327	N/A	3 kVA	N/A	Electrical assistance	Canadair CL415 Bombardier
Saphir 10	N/A	12 kW	0,4 kg/s	Adour Mk 871 Turbomeca /Rolls-Royce	Hawk 200 BAE Systems
Saphir 100	135 kW	N/A	0,1 kg/s	N/A	NH90 NH Industries
Rubis 3	N/A	6 kVA	0,9 kg/s	M88 Snecma	Rafale Dassault Aviation
Opale 3	N/A	5 kW	0,9 kg/s	F124 Honeywell	M346 Aermacchi
e-APU	Disponible	15 to 90 kW	N/A	Electrical assistance	Business Jets Helicopters

Microturbo GPUs:

Model	Supplies (N/A = Non Applicable)		Application
Model	Electrical Power	Air Conditionning	Application
S20-G	10 kW - 28 Vdc /30 kVA - 400 Hz	N/A	Armoured Vehicle
Oredon	Alternating current: 50 kVA – 115/220 V – 400 Hz Direct current: 5,5 kW – 28 V	N/A	Armoured Vehicle
TGA 15	N/A	Maximum air flow: 1,25 kg/s Air pressure: 3 to 5 bars abs	Ground cart
SG18	Approximately 90,000 m3 of smoke in less than 3 mns	N/A	Smoke generator

Starting systems

Depending on the aircraft’s architecture, power is transferred to the main motor either mechanically or pneumatically. Microturbo designs and manufactures a wide range of starters for both modes. It also makes valve systems for engine air turbine starters.

Microturbo provides the starting systems for TP400 engines on the Airbus Military A400M and SaM146 engines on Sukhoi’s SuperJet 100.

Model	Supplies			Application
Model	Rated Output Power	Air Flow	Engine Starting	Application
Noëlle 60/80	45/60 kW	N/A	Atar © Snecma	Mirage III, IV, V & F1 Dassault Aviation
Noëlle 180	133 kW	N/A	M53-P2 Snecma	Mirage 2000 Dassault Aviation
Système 007 Système 096 Système 047 ATS-323	39 kW	0.415 kg/s	Adour Turbomeca /Rolls-Royce	Jaguar - Sepecat T45 - Boeing Hawk 100 & 200 BAE Systems
ATS-346	39 kW	0.43 kg/s	F124 Honeywell	M346 Aermacchi
ATS-337	100 kW	0.28 kg/s	SaM146 PowerJet	SuperJet 100 Sukhoï
ATS-M	118 kW	0.9 kg/s	EJ200 Eurojet	Eurofighter Typhoon
ATS-305	126 kW	1.1 kg/s	M88 Snecma	Rafale Dassault Aviation
ATS-334	130 kW	0.44 kg/s	TP400 EPI	A400M Military Airbus

Microturbo provides an efficient, full, fast 24/365 service for its entire range of Power products, worldwide.