List of manufacturing processes

Casting

• Centrifugal casting
• Continuous casting
• Die casting
• Evaporative-pattern casting
• *Full-mold casting
• *Lost-foam casting
• Investment 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

• 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
• *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
• *Upset
• *No draft
• *High-energy-rate
• *Cored
• *Incremental
• *Powder
• Rolling
• *Cold rolling
• *Hot rolling
• *Sheet metal
• *Shape
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• *Cryorolling
• *Orbital
• *Cross-rolling
• *Thread
• **Screw thread
• **Thread rolling
• Extrusion
• *Impact extrusion
• Pressing
• *Embossing
• *Stretch forming
• *Blanking
• *Drawing
• 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
• *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
• *Spinning
• *Knurling
• *Hard turning
• *Cutoff
• 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
• *Electro-chemical grinding
• Finishing & industrial finishing
• *Abrasive blasting
• *Buffing
• *Burnishing
• *Electroplating
• *Electropolishing
• *Magnetic field-assisted finishing
• *Etching
• *Linishing
• *Mass finishing
• **Tumbling
• ***Spindle finishing
• **Vibratory finishing
• *Plating
• *Polishing
• *Superfinishing
• *Wire brushing
• Routing
• Hobbing
• Ultrasonic machining
• Electrical discharge
• Electrical discharge machining
• Electron beam machining
• Electrochemical machining
• Chemical
• Photochemical
• Laser cutting
• *Laser drilling
• Grinding
• *High stock removal
• Gashing
• Biomachining

  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
• **Impregnated tape
• **Regulated Metal Deposition
• *Oxyfuel gas
• **Oxy-acetylene gas
• **Methylacetylene propadiene
• **Air-acetylene
• **Oxyhydrogen
• **Pressure gas
• ***CO₂
• *Resistance
• **Butt welding
• ***Flash butt welding
• **Shot welding
• **Spot welding
• *Projection welding
• *Seam
• *Upset welding
• *Percussion
• *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
• **High frequency
• *Others
• **Friction welding
• **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
• *Thermo-setting and thermoplastic
• *Epoxy
• *Modified epoxy
• *Phenolics
• *Polyurethane
• *Adhesive alloys
• *Miscellaneous other powders, liquids, solids, and tapes
• Fastening wood and metal
• *Nailing
• *Screwing
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• **Machine
• **Wood Screws
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• **Phillips
• **Straight
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• **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
• Filament winding, produces composite pipes, tanks, etc.
• Direct metal laser sintering
• Fused deposition modeling
• Laminated object manufacturing
• Laser engineered net shaping
• Selective laser sintering
• Stereolithography

  Other

• Mining
• *Quarrying
• *Blasting
• *Crushing
• Chemical manufacturing
• Petroleum refining
• Semiconductor fabrication
• Assembly line
• Packaging and labeling
• Logistics
• Woodworking
• *Joinery
• **Lapping
• **Mortising
• **Routing
• **Biscuit joiner
• Vulcanization
• Heat treating
• Bake-out