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


 * 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

 * 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
 * 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

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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Semiconductor fabrication
 * Assembly line
 * Packaging and labeling
 * Logistics
 * Woodworking
 * Joinery (see also Joining, above)
 * Lapping
 * Mortising
 * Routing (see above)
 * Biscuit joiner
 * Vulcanization
 * Heat treating
 * Bake-out