List of manufacturing processes
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CastingEdit
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- Bellfounding
- Centrifugal casting (industrial)
- Continuous casting
- Die casting
- Evaporative-pattern casting
- Investment casting (Lost-wax casting)
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- 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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Labeling and paintingEdit
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- Laser engraving
- Inkjet printing
- Chemical vapor deposition
- Sputter deposition
- Plating
- Thermal spraying
MouldingEdit
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FormingEdit
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- End tube forming
- Forging
- Rolling (Thick plate and sheet metal)
- Extrusion
- Pressing
- Embossing
- Stretch forming
- Blanking (see drawing below)
- Drawing (manufacturing) (pulling sheet metal, wire, bar, or tube
- Deep drawing (sinks, auto body)
- Bending
- Shearing
- Other
MachiningEdit
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- Mills
- Milling
- Turning
- Drilling
- Reaming
- Countersinking
- Tapping
- Sawing
- Broaching
- Shaping
- Planing
- 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)
JoiningEdit
- Welding
- Arc
- Oxyfuel gas
- Resistance
- Projection welding
- Seam
- Upset welding
- Percussion (manufacturing)
- Solid state welding
- Electron beam welding
- Laser welding
- Thermite
- Induction
- Low frequency (50–450 Hz)
- High frequency (induction resistance; 200–450 kHz)
- Others
- 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
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Additive manufacturingEdit
- 3D printing<ref name=":0" />
- Direct metal laser sintering<ref name=nsj20140530>Template:Cite news</ref>
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- Fused deposition modeling<ref name=":0" />
- Inkjet Printing<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Laminated object manufacturing<ref name=":0" />
- Laser engineered net shaping<ref name=":0" />
- Layered manufacturing<ref name=":0" />
- Rapid Induction Printing
- Selective laser sintering<ref name=":0" />
- Spark plasma sintering
- Stereolithography<ref name=":0" />
OtherEdit
- Mining
- 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
- Joinery (see also Joining, above)
- Vulcanization
- Heat treating
- Bake-out