Regal Beloit America, Inc.

Australian Fan & Motor Co. Pty. Ltd.

Richard P Harris

Matthew John Turner

Byron John Kennedy

Hani Chahine

Nicholas Neville Lambert

A fan assembly includes an axis of rotation and a fan that includes an inlet ring and a rear plate that together define an inner fan chamber, wherein the fan is a backward curved plug fan. The fan assembly also includes an axial flux motor coupled to the rear plate such that the motor is positioned entirely outside the fan chamber to facilitate preventing interference between the motor and an airflow within the fan chamber.

Axial flux electrical motor and fan assembly and methods of assembling the same

A method of manufacturing a fan from a plurality of fan blades (), comprising the steps of: providing an injection moulding tool () which defines a fan hub section (); assembling a predetermined number of preformed fan blades with the injection moulding so that inner ends () of said blades extend into moulding cavities () within the tool, injecting synthetic plastics material into the tool, and allowing the injected material to cool or cure to thereby form a moulded hub with the inner ends of the blades bonded therein.

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Emerald, Australia

Richard P Harris