Turbofan and mold used to manufacture the same

Abstract

A turbofan and a mold used to manufacture the same, which enables the turbofan to be integrally molded by a single molding process. The turbofan has a rotating plate coupled to a shaft of a driving motor at its center, a plurality of blades radially disposed at and integrally formed with a periphery of the rotating plate, and a ring-shaped shroud integrally formed with front ends of the blades to face the rotating plate. The mold has a first mold part having a rear molding member to shape a rear portion of the rotating plate; a second mold part to be combined with the first mold part and having a front molding member to shape a front portion of the turbofan at an area corresponding to the rear molding member; a plurality of slide cores adapted to be radially moved to shape an inner surface of the shroud, outer portions of a front surface of the rotating plate, and outer surfaces of the blades; and a plurality of auxiliary cores extending to the inner surface of the shroud from the rear molding member of the first mold part to shape undercut portions of inner surfaces of the blades.

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