Taxonomy of manufacturing processes
From Biocrawler, the free encyclopedia.
This tree lists various manufacturing processes arranged by similarity of function.
- Casting and molding
- Deformation (forming and shearing)
- Forming
- Forging
- Rolling
- Stretching (expanding)
- Drawing (shrinking) of wire bar or tube
- Deep drawing
- Swaging
- Extrusion
- Spinning
- Bending
- Miscellaneous other
- Shearing
- Pulverizing
- Forming
- Machining (material removal)
- Joining
- Welding
- Arc
- Oxyfuel gas
- Resistance
- Spot
- Projection
- Seam
- Flash butt (flash)
- Upset(butt)
- Percussion
- Solid state
- Electron beam
- Laser beam
- Pencil
- Thermite
- Induction
- Low frequency (50-450 Hz)
- High frequency (induction resistance; 200-450 kHz)
- High frequency resistance
- Electromagnetic
- Flow
- Brazing
- Soldering
- Sintering (of powdered metals)
- Adhesive bonding (incomplete)
- Thermo-setting and thermoplastic
- Adhesive alloys
- Miscellaneous other powders, liquids, solids, and tapes
- Metal fasteners
- Stitching
- Stapling
- Shrink fitting
- Press fitting
- Plastic
- Welding

