Production Processes
Assembly
Automated Electronic Gluing Manual Packing Sewing Soldering Welding
Casting
Casting Under Vacuum Centrifugal Ceramic Mold Extrusion Extrusion Hollow Shape Gravity Castings (Die Casting) Gravity Castings (Sand) Gravity Die Casting Green or Self-Hardering Sand
Die Making
Blanking Clicker Compound Extrusion Four-Slide Progressive Stamping Steel Rule
Engineering
Chemical Modeling Prototying Reverse Engineering
Engraving / Marking
Chemical Hand Labels Laser Machine Roll Die Tagging
Fabricating
Blasting Bonding Braiding Burnishing Cold Forming Drawing Electroforming Extrusion Filament Winding Flowturing Floding / Bending Hot Forming Hydroforming Knitting Layup Profiling Rolling Sintering Structural Weaving
Mold Making
Blow Mold Compression Injection Mold Patterns Reaction Rotational Mold Structural Foam Thermoform Mold Transfer Mold
Finishing
Calendaring Chemical Cleaning Deburring Electropolishing Honing Lapping Masking Polishing Sanding Stripping Tumbling
Forging
Cold Forming/Heading Forging Hot Forming Impression Die Near-Net-Shape Open Die Press Roll Swaging Upset
Machining
5 Axis Machining Bar Turning Broaching Chemical Drilling EDM Electro Discharge Machining Engraving Gear Cutting Grinding Leaser Cutting Machining of Castings Micro-Drilling Milling Oxy Cutting Planning Plasma Cutting Punching Punching / Nibbling Reaming Sawing Scraping Sharpening Shearing Threading Turning Water Cutting
Metrology
3D Measuring Hardness Control Laser Calibration Stretching Test Ultrasonic Test X-Ray Control
Molding
Injection Lost Foam Lost Wax Casting Near-Net-shape Permanent Mold Resin Sand Casting Self-Hardening Sand Molding Shell Mold
Packaging
Bonding Cardboard Manufacturing Palette Manufacturing Packing/Dimpling Printing Slotting Splitting Wooden Create Manufacturing
Plastic Fabrication
Blowing Compression Dip Forming HE Rate Forming Induction Layup/Spray/Open Overmoulding Plastic Extrusion Plastic Injection Porous Media Pour Pultrusion Reaction Rotomoulding Stratification Structural Foam Thermoforming Transfer Molding Vacuum Forming
Printing
Decalcomania Flexography Offset Polychrome Print on demand (copy) Screenprinting Tampoprint Themography Typography
Surfacing
Anodizing Cadmium Coating Ceramic Coating Chemical Conversion Chroming Copper/Brass Plating E-Coat Electroless Plating Electro-Powder Coating Enameling Functional Galvanizing Lead Coating Metalizing Nickel Plating Painting Phosphating Resin Coating Shielding Teflon Coating Thermal Spray Tinning Vacuum Metalizing Zinc Coating/Plating Zinc Electrolyzing
Stamping
4/Multi-Slide Stamping Blanking Coining Deep Drawing Die Cutting Embossing Flexible Die Forming Progressive Die
Thermal Treatment
Annealing/Tempering Case Hardening Curing Hardening Nitiding
Woodworking
Fabrication Finishing Joining/Assembly Planning Routing/Drilling Turning
Wire Forming
Bending/Forming Coils Rolling Splicing Weldment Wire Drawing