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This tree lists various manufacturing processes arranged by similarity of function.

  1. Casting
  2. #Sand casting
  3. #Plastic mold
  4. #Shell mold
  5. #Investment (lost wax, precision)
  6. #Permanent mold
  7. #Centrifugal
  8. #Die
  9. #Slush or slurry
  10. #Full mold
  11. #Low pressure
  12. #Continuous Molding
  13. Molding
  14. #Powder metallurgy
  15. ##Compaction plus sintering
  16. #Plastics (see also rapid-prototyping)
  17. ##Injection
  18. ##Compression
  19. ##Transfer
  20. ##Extrusion
  21. ##Blow
  22. ##Rotational
  23. ##Thermoforming
  24. ##Laminating
  25. ##Expandable bead
  26. ##Foam
  27. ##Rotomolding
  28. ##Vacuum plug assist
  29. ##Pressure plug assist
  30. ##Matched mold
  31. #Shrink fitting
  32. #Shrink wrapping
  33. Forming
  34. #Forging
  35. ##Smith
  36. ##Hammer
  37. ##Drop
  38. ##Press
  39. ##Impact (see also Extrusion)
  40. ##Upset
  41. ##No draft
  42. ##High-energy-rate
  43. ##Cored
  44. ##Incremental
  45. ##Powder
  46. #Rolling (Thick plate and Sheet metal)
  47. ##Cold rolled
  48. ##Hot rolled
  49. ##Sheet Metal
  50. ##Shape
  51. ##
  52. ##Transverse
  53. ##Orbital
  54. ##Cross-rolling
  55. ##Thread
  56. #Extrusion (pushing through a die)
  57. #Pressing
  58. ##Embossing
  59. ##Stretch forming
  60. ##Blanking (see drawing below)
  61. ##Drawing (manufacturing) (pulling sheet metal. wire, bar or tube)
  62. ###Bulging
  63. ###Necking
  64. ###Nosing
  65. ###Oil-canning
  66. ##Deep drawing (sinks, auto body)
  67. #Bending
  68. ##Hemming
  69. #Piercing
  70. ##Stamping
  71. ##Coining
  72. #Miscellaneous other
  73. ##Redrawing
  74. ##Ironing
  75. ##Flattening
  76. ##Swaging
  77. ##Spinning
  78. ##Peening
  79. ##Guerin process
  80. ##Wheelon process
  81. ##Magnetic pulse
  82. ##Explosive
  83. ##Electroforming
  84. ##Staking
  85. ##Seaming
  86. ##Flanging
  87. ##Straightening
  88. #Shearing
  89. ##Line shearing (slitting)
  90. ###Trimming
  91. ###Shaving
  92. ###Notching
  93. ###Perforating
  94. ###Nibbling
  95. ###Dinking
  96. ###Lancing
  97. ###Cutoff
  98. Machining (material removal)
  99. #Mills
  100. ##Grist mill
  101. ##Hammer mill
  102. ##Ball mill
  103. ##Buhrstone mill
  104. ##Disc mill
  105. ##Saw mill
  106. ##Steel mill
  107. ###Blast furnace
  108. ###Smelting
  109. ###Refining
  110. ###Casting (see #1 above)
  111. ###Reduction mill
  112. ###Aneal
  113. ###Pickling
  114. ###Passivate
  115. ###Coating
  116. #Milling
  117. ##Grind
  118. ##Cut
  119. ##Shear
  120. ##Shred
  121. ##Fiberize
  122. ##Pulverize
  123. ##Crushing
  124. ###Jaw crusher
  125. ###Gyratory crusher
  126. ###Rollers
  127. ###Edge runner
  128. ##Granulate
  129. ##Crack
  130. ##Rub
  131. ##Curl
  132. ##Fluff
  133. ##Twist
  134. ##Hull
  135. ##Blend
  136. ##Refine
  137. ##Atomize
  138. ##Centrifugal disintegration
  139. ##Peripheral (slab)
  140. ##Face
  141. ##Chemical
  142. #Turning
  143. ##Lathe
  144. ##Facing
  145. ##Boring
  146. ##Spinning (flow turning)
  147. ##Knurling
  148. ##Cutoff (parting)
  149. #Drilling
  150. ##Ream
  151. ##Countersink
  152. ##Tapping
  153. #Sawing
  154. ##Filing
  155. #Broaching
  156. #Shaping
  157. ##Horizontal
  158. ##Vertical
  159. ##Special purpose
  160. #Planing
  161. ##Double housing
  162. ##Open-side
  163. ##Edge or plate
  164. ##Pit-type
  165. ##Abrasive jet machining
  166. ##Water jet cutting
  167. ##Abrasive belt
  168. #Honing (Sharpening)
  169. ##Electro-chemical grinding
  170. #Finishing
  171. ##Polishing
  172. ##Buffing
  173. ##Burnishing
  174. ##Grit- or shot-blasting
  175. ##Tumbling
  176. ##Wire brushing
  177. ##Superfinishing
  178. ##Barrel finishing
  179. ##Vibratory finishing
  180. ##Spindle finishing
  181. ##Electropolishing
  182. ##Sand blasting
  183. ##Flame etching
  184. #Routing
  185. #Hobbing (hubbing)
  186. #Ultrasonic
  187. #Electrical discharge
  188. #Electron beam
  189. #Electrochemical
  190. #Chemical
  191. #Photochemical
  192. #Laser beam
  193. Joining (see also Joinery (woodworking))
  194. #Welding
  195. ##Arc
  196. ###Manual metal
  197. ###Shielded metal
  198. ###Gas metal
  199. ####Pulsed
  200. ####Short circuit
  201. ####Electrogas
  202. ####Spray transfer
  203. ###Gas tungsten
  204. ###Flux-cored
  205. ###Submerged
  206. ###Plasma arc
  207. ###Carbon arc
  208. ###Stud
  209. ###Electroslag
  210. ###Atomic hydrogen
  211. ###Plasma-MIG (metal inert gas)
  212. ###Impregnated tape
  213. ##Oxyfuel gas
  214. ###Oxy-acetylene gas
  215. ###Methylacetylene propadiene (MAPP)
  216. ###Air-acetylene
  217. ###Oxyhydrogen
  218. ###Pressure gas
  219. ####CO2
  220. ##Resistance
  221. ###Spot welding
  222. ###Shot welding
  223. ##Projection
  224. ##Seam
  225. ##Flash butt (flash)
  226. ##Upset (butt)
  227. ##Percussion (manufacturing)
  228. ##Solid state
  229. ###Ultrasonic
  230. ###Explosive
  231. ###Diffusion
  232. ####Hot press
  233. ####Isostatic hot gas
  234. ####Vacuum furnace
  235. ###Friction
  236. ###Inertia
  237. ###Forge
  238. ###Cold
  239. ###Roll
  240. ##Electron beam
  241. ##Laser beam
  242. ##Pencil
  243. ###How Pencil made
  244. ###Solid state
  245. ###Axial-flow gas
  246. ###Cross-flow gas
  247. ##Thermite
  248. ##Induction
  249. ###Low frequency (50-450 Hz)
  250. ###High frequency (induction resistance; 200-450 kHz)
  251. ##Other types of welding
  252. ###Friction
  253. ###Heated metal plate
  254. ###Solvent
  255. ###Dielectric
  256. ###Magnetics
  257. ###Ultrasonic
  258. ###Radio frequency welding
  259. ###High frequency resistance
  260. ###Electromagnetic
  261. ###Flow
  262. ###Resistance
  263. ###Infrared
  264. ###Vacuum
  265. ###Hot-air-welding
  266. #Brazing
  267. ##Torch
  268. ##Induction
  269. ##Furnace
  270. ##Dip
  271. #Soldering
  272. ##Iron
  273. ##Hot plate
  274. ##Oven
  275. ##Induction
  276. ##Dip
  277. ##Wave
  278. ##Ultrasonic
  279. #Sintering (of powdered metals)
  280. #Adhesive bonding (incomplete)
  281. ##Thermo-setting and thermoplastic
  282. ##Epoxy
  283. ##Modified epoxy
  284. ##Phenolics
  285. ##Polyurethane
  286. ##Adhesive alloys
  287. ##Miscellaneous other powders, liquids, solids, and tapes
  288. #Fastening wood and metal
  289. ##Nailing
  290. ##Screwing
  291. ## (By material fastened)
  292. ###Machine (Metal)
  293. ###Wood Screws
  294. ## (By slot type)
  295. ###Phillips (“Plus sign” in Canada)
  296. ###Straight (“Minus sign in Canada)
  297. ## (By shape)
  298. ###Round head
  299. ###Flat head
  300. ###Box head
  301. ###Hex
  302. ###Lag
  303. ##Nuts and bolting
  304. ##Riveting
  305. ##Pining
  306. ###Cotter
  307. ###Groove
  308. ###Tapered
  309. ###Roll
  310. ###Retaining rings
  311. ###Quick-release
  312. #Stitching
  313. #Stapling
  314. #Press fitting
  315. Rapid manufacturing
  316. #Stereolithography
  317. #Selective laser sintering
  318. #Fused deposition modeling
  319. #Three dimensional printing
  320. #Laminated object manufacturing
  321. #Laser Engineered Net Shaping

Other trades

  1. Mining
  2. #quarrying
  3. #Blasting
  4. Woodworking
  5. #Joinery (see also joining above)
  6. ##Lapping
  7. ##Morticing
  8. ##Routing (see above)
  9. ##Biscuit (woodworking)

 

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