List of manufacturing processes

This tree lists various manufacturing processes arranged by similarity of function.

Casting

• Bellfounding
• Centrifugal casting (industrial)
• Continuous casting
• Die casting
• Evaporative-pattern casting
• Full-mold casting
• Lost-foam casting
• Investment casting (Lost-wax casting)
• Countergravity casting
• Lost-foam casting
• Low pressure die casting
• Permanent mold casting
• Plastic mold casting
• Resin casting
• Sand casting
• Shell molding
• Slush casting, Slurry casting
• Vacuum molding

Labeling and painting

Main articles: Imaging and Coating

• Laser engraving
• Inkjet printing
• Chemical vapor deposition
• Sputter deposition
• Plating
• Thermal spraying

Moulding

• Powder metallurgy
• Compaction plus sintering
• Hot isostatic pressing
• Metal injection moulding
• Spray forming
• Plastics (see also Rapid prototyping)
• Injection
• Compression molding
• Transfer
• Extrusion
• Blow molding
• Dip moulding
• Rotational molding
• Thermoforming
• Laminating
• Expandable bead
• Foam
• Vacuum plug assist
• Pressure plug assist
• Matched mould
• Shrink wrapping

Forming

• End tube forming
• Tube beading
• Forging
• Smith
• Hammer forge
• Drop forge
• Press
• Impact (see also Extrusion)
• Upset
• No draft
• High-energy-rate
• Cored
• Incremental
• Powder
• Rolling (Thick plate and sheet metal)
• Cold rolling
• Hot rolling
• Sheet metal
• Shape
• Cryorolling
• Orbital
• Cross-rolling
• Thread
• Screw thread
• Thread rolling
• Extrusion
• Impact extrusion
• Pressing
• Embossing
• Stretch forming
• Blanking (see drawing below)
• Drawing (manufacturing) (pulling sheet metal, wire, bar, or tube
• Bulging
• Necking
• Nosing
• Deep drawing (sinks, auto body)
• Bending
• Hemming
• Shearing
• Blanking and piercing
• Trimming
• Shaving
• Notching
• Perforating
• Nibbling
• Dinking
• Lancing
• Cutoff
• Stamping
• Metal
• Leather
• Progressive
• Coining
• Straight shearing
• Slitting
• Other
• Redrawing
• Ironing
• Flattening
• Swaging
• Spinning
• Peening
• Guerin process
• Wheelon process
• Magnetic pulse
• Explosive forming
• Electroforming
• Staking
• Seaming
• Flanging
• Straightening
• Decambering
• Cold sizing
• Hubbing
• Hot metal gas forming
• Curling (metalworking)
• Hydroforming

Machining

• Mills
• Grist mill
• Hammer mill
• Ball mill
• Buhrstone mill
• Disc mill
• Saw mill
• Steel mill
• Blast furnace
• Smelting
• Refining
• Reduction mill
• Annealing
• Pickling
• Passivate
• Coating
• Milling
• Turning
• Lathe
• Facing
• Boring (also Single pass bore finishing)
• Spinning (flow turning)
• Knurling
• Hard turning
• Cutoff (parting)
• Drilling
• Friction drilling
• Reaming
• Countersinking
• Tapping
• Sawing
• Filing
• Broaching
• Shaping
• Horizontal
• Vertical
• Special purpose
• Planing
• Double housing
• Open-side
• Edge or plate
• Pit-type
• Abrasive jet machining
• Water jet cutting
• Photochemical machining
• Abrasive belt
• Honing (Sharpening)
• Electro-chemical grinding
• Finishing & industrial finishing
• Abrasive blasting (sand blasting)
• Buffing
• Burnishing
• Electroplating
• Electropolishing
• Magnetic field-assisted finishing
• Etching
• Linishing
• Mass finishing
• Tumbling (barrel finishing)
• Spindle finishing
• Vibratory finishing
• Plating
• Polishing
• Superfinishing
• Wire brushing
• Routing
• Hobbing
• Ultrasonic machining
• Electrical discharge
• Electrical discharge machining(EDM)
• Electron beam machining
• Electrochemical machining
• Chemical
• Photochemical
• Laser cutting
• Laser drilling
• Grinding
• High stock removal
• Gashing
• Biomachining
• Skiving (metalworking)

Joining

• Welding
• Arc
• Manual metal
• Shielded metal
• Gas metal
• Pulsed
• Short circuit
• Electrogas
• Spray transfer
• Gas tungsten
• Flux-cored
• Submerged
• Plasma arc
• Carbon arc
• Stud
• Electroslag
• Atomic hydrogen
• Plasma-MIG (metal inert gas)
• Impregnated tape
• Regulated Metal Deposition
• Oxyfuel gas
• Oxy-acetylene gas
• Methylacetylene propadiene (MAPP)
• Air-acetylene
• Oxyhydrogen
• Pressure gas
• CO<SUB>2</SUB>
• Resistance
• Butt welding
• Flash butt welding
• Shot welding
• Spot welding
• Projection welding
• Seam
• Upset welding
• Percussion (manufacturing)
• Solid state welding
• Ultrasonic
• Explosive
• Diffusion
• Hot press
• Isostatic hot gas
• Vacuum furnace
• Friction welding
• Inertia
• Forge
• Cold
• Roll
• Electron beam welding
• Laser welding
• Thermite
• Induction
• Low frequency (50–450&nbsp;Hz)
• High frequency (induction resistance; 200–450&nbsp;kHz)
• Others
• Heated metal plate
• Solvent
• Dielectric
• Magnetic pulse welding
• Radio frequency welding
• High frequency resistance
• Electromagnetic
• Flow
• Resistance
• Infrared
• Vacuum
• Hot-air-welding
• Brazing
• Torch
• Induction brazing
• Furnace
• Dip
• Soldering
• Iron
• Hot plate
• Oven
• Induction
• Dip
• Wave
• Ultrasonic
• 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
• Nailing
• Screwing
• (By material fastened)
• Machine (Metal)
• Wood Screws
• (By slot type)
• Phillips ("Plus sign" in Canada)
• Straight ("Minus sign" in Canada)
• (By shape)
• Round head
• Flat head
• Box head
• Hex
• Lag
• Nut and bolts
• Riveting
• Clinching
• Pinning
• Cotter
• Groove
• Tapered
• Roll
• Retaining rings
• Quick release skewer
• Stitching
• Stapling
• 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
• Quarrying
• Blasting
• Crushing
• 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
• Vulcanization
• Heat treating
• Bake-out

See also

• Worker–machine activity chart

References