PW500

MTU has been cooperating with Pratt & Whitney Canada since 1993 on the PW500 engine family for medium-size business jets. MTU has a stake of 25 percent in this program.

Engines of the PW500 family are two-shaft turbofans. MTU’s contribution includes the development and manufacture of the complete low-pressure turbine including the exit casing and the mixer for the PW530 and PW545 models.

• Single-stage fan with integral blades
• Three-stage high-pressure compressor with two axial stages (blisks) and one radial stage
• Reverse-flow annular combustion chamber
• Single-stage high-pressure turbine with cooled vanes
• Bypass casing over the full engine length
• Mixing of cold and hot gas streams in the mixer
• Booster stage in the low-pressure compressor and three-stage low-pressure turbine (PW545)
• Three-stage low-pressure turbine (PW545)
• Digital engine control (EEC) with hydromechanical backup (PW545)

• Low-pressure turbine
• Casing
• Mixer

• 25 %

• Repair and overhaul at MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg

• Pratt & Whitney Canada