Pioneering The Lightweight Industrial Gas Turbine Compressor PACKAGE: Solar's Saturn turbine entered market in 1960

摘要

The Saturn gas turbine, designed and manufactured by Solar Turbines, has been one of the world's most widely used industrial gas turbines with nearly 5000 units operating in over 60 countries. First produced in 1960, it remains in production today in uprated and enhanced configurations. Solar Turbines was established in 1927 as Prudden-San Diego Airplane Co. But the firm built only three all-metal airplanes before the Great Depression hit. Renamed Solar Aircraft Co. in 1929 (after San Diego's sunny climate), the young company struggled through the 1930s while making a variety of products.