list of manufacturing processes
{{short description| Manufacturing processes}}
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This tree lists various manufacturing processes arranged by similarity of function.
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Casting
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- Bellfounding
- Centrifugal casting (industrial)
- Continuous casting
- Die casting
- Evaporative-pattern casting
- Full-mold casting
- Lost-foam casting
- Investment casting (Lost-wax casting)
- Countergravity casting{{cite web| url=http://www.hitchiner.com/countergravity-casting.html| title=Hitchiner's Countergravity Casting Services| publisher=Hitchiner Manufacturing Co.| access-date=December 5, 2015| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208123725/http://www.hitchiner.com/countergravity-casting.html| archivedate=December 8, 2015}}
- 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
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:Data from Fundamentals of modern manufacturing{{cite book| pages=225–245| title=Fundamentals of modern manufacturing| edition=4th| first=Mikell P.| last=Groover| publisher=John Wiley & Sons| date=2010| ISBN=978-0470-467008}}
Labeling and painting
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- Laser engraving
- Inkjet printing
- Chemical vapor deposition
- Sputter deposition
- Plating
- Thermal spraying
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Moulding
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- 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
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Forming
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- 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
- Ring
- Transverse
- 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
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Machining
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- 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)
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Joining
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- 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
- CO2
- 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 Hz)
- High frequency (induction resistance; 200–450 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{{cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |title=SpaceX unveils its "21st century spaceship" |url=http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/05/30/spacex-unveils-its-21st-century-spaceship/ |accessdate=2014-05-31 |newspaper=NewSpace Journal |date=2014-06-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531142711/http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/05/30/spacex-unveils-its-21st-century-spaceship/ |archivedate=2014-05-31 }}
- Filament winding, produces composite pipes, tanks, etc.
- Fused deposition modeling
- Inkjet Printing{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34513398 |title=Chemistry and technology of printing and imaging systems |date=1996 |publisher=Blackie Academic & Professional |others=P. Gregory |isbn=0-7514-0238-9 |location=London |oclc=34513398}}
- Laminated object manufacturing
- Laser engineered net shaping
- Layered manufacturing
- Rapid Induction Printing
- Selective laser sintering
- Spark plasma sintering
- Stereolithography
Other
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- 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
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