List of manufacturing processes
Manufacturing processes
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This tree lists various manufacturing processes arranged by similarity of function.
Casting
- Data from Fundamentals of modern manufacturing[2]
Labeling and painting
Moulding
- Powder metallurgy
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Shearing
- 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
- Milling
- Turning
- Lathe
- Facing
- Boring (also Single pass bore finishing)
- Spinning (flow turning)
- Knurling
- Hard turning
- Cutoff (parting)
- Drilling
- Reaming
- Countersinking
- Tapping
- Sawing
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- Resistance
- 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
- Arc
- 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[3]
- Direct metal laser sintering[4]
- Filament winding, produces composite pipes, tanks, etc.[3]
- Fused deposition modeling[3]
- Inkjet Printing[5]
- Laminated object manufacturing[3]
- Laser engineered net shaping[3]
- Layered manufacturing[3]
- Rapid Induction Printing
- Selective laser sintering[3]
- Spark plasma sintering
- Stereolithography[3]