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This tree lists various manufacturing processes arranged by similarity of function.
Casting
Main article: Casting- Bellfounding
- Centrifugal casting (industrial)
- Continuous casting
- Die casting
- Evaporative-pattern casting
- Investment casting (Lost-wax casting)
- Low pressure die casting
- Permanent mold casting
- Plastic mold casting
- Resin casting
- Sand casting
- Shell molding
- Slush casting, Slurry casting
- Vacuum molding
- Data from Fundamentals of modern manufacturing
Labeling and painting
Main articles: Imaging and Coating
- Laser engraving
- Inkjet printing
- Chemical vapor deposition
- Sputter deposition
- Plating
- Thermal spraying
Moulding
Main article: Moulding (process) § TypesForming
Main article: Forming (metalworking)- End tube forming
- Forging
- Rolling (Thick plate and sheet metal)
- Extrusion
- Pressing
- Embossing
- Stretch forming
- Blanking (see drawing below)
- Drawing (manufacturing) (pulling sheet metal, wire, bar, or tube
- Deep drawing (sinks, auto body)
- Bending
- Shearing
- Other
Machining
Main article: Machining- Mills
- Milling
- Turning
- Drilling
- Reaming
- Countersinking
- Tapping
- Sawing
- Broaching
- Shaping
- Planing
- Honing (Sharpening)
- Finishing & industrial finishing
- Routing
- Hobbing
- Ultrasonic machining
- Electrical discharge
- Electrical discharge machining (EDM)
- Electron beam machining
- Electrochemical machining
- Chemical
- Photochemical
- Laser cutting
- Grinding
- Gashing
- Biomachining
- Skiving (metalworking)
Joining
- Welding
- Arc
- Oxyfuel gas
- Resistance
- Projection welding
- Seam
- Upset welding
- Percussion (manufacturing)
- Solid state welding
- Electron beam welding
- Laser welding
- Thermite
- Induction
- Low frequency (50–450 Hz)
- High frequency (induction resistance; 200–450 kHz)
- Others
- Brazing
- Soldering
- Sintering
- Adhesive bonding (incomplete)
- Thermo-setting and thermoplastic
- Epoxy
- Modified epoxy
- Phenolics
- Polyurethane
- Adhesive alloys
- Miscellaneous other powders, liquids, solids, and tapes
- Fastening wood and metal
- Press fitting
Additive manufacturing
- 3D printing
- Direct metal laser sintering
- Filament winding, produces composite pipes, tanks, etc.
- Fused deposition modeling
- Inkjet Printing
- Laminated object manufacturing
- Laser engineered net shaping
- Layered manufacturing
- Rapid Induction Printing
- Selective laser sintering
- Spark plasma sintering
- Stereolithography
Other
- Mining
- Chemical manufacturing
- Petroleum refining
- Assembly line
- Printed circuit board manufacturing
- Semiconductor fabrication
- Packaging and labeling
- Logistics
- Woodworking
- Joinery (see also Joining, above)
- Lapping
- Mortising
- Routing (see above)
- Biscuit joiner
- Joinery (see also Joining, above)
- Vulcanization
- Heat treating
- Bake-out
See also
References
- "Hitchiner's Countergravity Casting Services". Hitchiner Manufacturing Co. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- Groover, Mikell P. (2010). Fundamentals of modern manufacturing (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 225–245. ISBN 978-0470-467008.
- ^ Burns, Marshall (1993). Automated fabrication : improving productivity in manufacturing. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: PTR Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-119462-3. OCLC 27810960.
- Foust, Jeff (2014-06-09). "SpaceX unveils its "21st century spaceship"". NewSpace Journal. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
- Chemistry and technology of printing and imaging systems. P. Gregory. London: Blackie Academic & Professional. 1996. ISBN 0-7514-0238-9. OCLC 34513398.
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