List of manufacturing processes

Last updated August 28, 2025

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

Casting

Data from Fundamentals of modern manufacturing^[2]

Labeling and painting

Main articles: Imaging and Coating

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)
Extrusion
- Impact extrusion
Pressing
- Embossing
- Stretch forming
- Blanking (see drawing below)
- Drawing (manufacturing) (pulling sheet metal, wire, bar, or tube
- Deep drawing (sinks, auto body)
Bending
- Hemming
Shearing
Other

Machining

Joining

Welding
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
- 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
- Stitching
- Stapling
Press fitting

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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]

References

↑ "Hitchiner's Countergravity Casting Services". Hitchiner Manufacturing Co. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
↑ Groover, Mikell P. (2010). Fundamentals of modern manufacturing (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 225–245. ISBN 978-0470-467008.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Burns, Marshall (1993). Automated fabrication : improving productivity in manufacturing. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: PTR Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-119462-3. OCLC 27810960.
↑ Foust, Jeff (2014-06-09). "SpaceX unveils its "21st century spaceship"". NewSpace Journal. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
↑ Chemistry and technology of printing and imaging systems. P. Gregory. London: Blackie Academic & Professional. 1996. ISBN 0-7514-0238-9. OCLC 34513398.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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[1] "Hitchiner's Countergravity Casting Services". Hitchiner Manufacturing Co. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.

[2] Groover, Mikell P. (2010). Fundamentals of modern manufacturing (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 225–245. ISBN 978-0470-467008.

[:0-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Burns, Marshall (1993). Automated fabrication : improving productivity in manufacturing. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: PTR Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-119462-3. OCLC 27810960.

[nsj20140530-4] Foust, Jeff (2014-06-09). "SpaceX unveils its "21st century spaceship"". NewSpace Journal. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-31.

[5] Chemistry and technology of printing and imaging systems. P. Gregory. London: Blackie Academic & Professional. 1996. ISBN 0-7514-0238-9. OCLC 34513398.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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