cars - Taxonomy of manufacturing processes

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

Casting and molding
1. Casting
  1. Sand
  2. Plastic mold
  3. Shell mold
  4. Investment (lost wax, precision)
  5. Permanent mold
  6. Centrifugal
  7. Die
  8. Slush or slurry
  9. Full mold
  10. Low pressure
  11. Continuous Molding
2. Molding
  1. Powder metallurgy
    1. Compaction plus sintering
  2. Plastics
    1. Injection
    2. Compression
    3. Transfer
    4. Extrusion
    5. Blow
    6. Rotational
    7. Thermoforming
    8. Laminating
    9. Expandable bead
    10. Foam
    11. Rotomolding
    12. Vacuum plug assist
    13. Pressure plug assist
    14. Matched mold
Deformation (forming and shearing)
1. Forming
  1. Forging
    1. Smith
    2. Hammer
    3. Drop
    4. Press
    5. Impact (see also extrusion)
    6. Upset
    7. No draft
    8. High-energy-rate
    9. Cored
    10. Incremental
    11. Powder
  2. Rolling
    1. Shape
    2. Ring
    3. Transverse
    4. Orbital
    5. Cross-rolling
    6. Thread
  3. Stretching (expanding)
  4. Drawing (shrinking) of wire bar or tube
    1. Embossing
    2. Coining
    3. Stamping
    4. Sizing
    5. Redrawing
    6. Bulging
    7. Necking
    8. Nosing
    9. Ironing
  5. Deep drawing
  6. Swaging
  7. Extrusion
  8. Spinning
  9. Bending
  10. Miscellaneous other
    1. Peening
    2. Guerin process
    3. Wheelon process
    4. Magnetic pulse
    5. Explosive
    6. Electroforming
    7. Staking
    8. Seaming
    9. Flanging
    10. Straightening
2. Shearing
  1. Line shearing (slitting )
  2. Blanking
  3. Piercing or punching
  4. Follow-up on #2 and #3
    1. Trimming
    2. Shaving
    3. Notching
    4. Perforating
    5. Nibling
    6. Dinking
    7. Lancing
    8. Cutoff
3. Pulverizing
  1. Crushing
    1. Jaw crusher
    2. Gyratory crusher
    3. Rollers
    4. Edge runner
    5. Hammer mill
  2. Grinding
    1. Ball mill
    2. Buhrstone mill
  3. Atomization
  4. Centrifugal disintegration
Machining (material removal )
1. Milling
  1. Peripheral (slab)
  2. Face
  3. Chemical
2. Turning
  1. Facing
  2. Boring
  3. Spinning (flow turning )
  4. Knurling
  5. Cutoff (parting)
3. Drilling
  1. Reaming
  2. Countersinking
  3. Tapping
4. Sawing
  1. Filing
5. Broaching
6. Shaping
  1. Horizontal
  2. Vertical
  3. Special purpose
7. Planing
  1. Double housing
  2. Open-side
  3. Edge or plate
  4. Pit-type
8. Grinding (abrasive machining )
  1. Abrasive jet machining
  2. Honing
  3. Lapping
  4. Superfinishing
  5. Barrel finishing
  6. Vibratory finishing
  7. Spindle finishing
  8. Abrasive belt
  9. Polishing
  10. Buffing
  11. Burnishing
  12. Grit- or shot-blasting
  13. Tumbling
  14. Wire brushing
  15. Electropolishing
  16. Electro-chemical grinding
9. Routing
10. Hobbing (hubbing)
11. Ultrasonic
12. Electrical discharge
13. Electron beam
14. Electrochemical
15. Chemical
16. Photochemical
17. Laser beam
Joining
1. Welding
  1. Arc
    1. Manual metal
    2. Shielded metal
    3. Gas metal
      1. Pulsed
      2. Short circuit
      3. Electrogas
      4. Spray transfer
    4. Gas tungsten
    5. Flux-cored
    6. Submerged
    7. Plasma arc
    8. Carbon arc
    9. Stud
    10. Electroslag
    11. Atomic hydrogen
    12. Plasma-MIG (metal inert gas )
    13. Impregnated tape
  2. Oxyfuel gas
    1. Oxy-acetylene gas
    2. Methylacetylene propadiene (MAPP)
    3. Air-acetylene
    4. Oxyhydrogen
    5. Pressure gas
      1. CO₂
  3. Resistance
    1. Spot
    2. Projection
    3. Seam
    4. Flash butt (flash)
    5. Upset(butt)
    6. Percussion
  4. Solid state
    1. Ultrasonic
    2. Explosive
    3. Diffusion
      1. Hot press
      2. Isostatic hot gas
      3. Vacuum furnace
    4. Friction
    5. Inertia
    6. Forge
    7. Cold
    8. Roll
  5. Electron beam
  6. Laser beam
  7. Pencil
    1. How Pencil made
    2. Solid-state
    3. Axial-flow gas
    4. Cross-flow gas
  8. Thermite
  9. Induction
    1. Low frequency (50-450 Hz)
    2. High frequency (induction resistance; 200-450 kHz)
  10. High frequency resistance
  11. Electromagnetic
  12. Flow
2. Brazing
3. Soldering
4. Sintering (of powdered metals)
5. Adhesive bonding (incomplete)
  1. Thermo-setting and thermoplastic
    1. Epoxy
    2. Modified epoxy
    3. Phenolics
    4. Polyurethane
  2. Adhesive alloys
  3. Miscellaneous other powders, liquids, solids, and tapes
6. Metal fasteners
  1. Screws
  2. Nuts and bolts
  3. Rivets
  4. Pins
    1. Cotter
    2. Groove
    3. Tapered
    4. Roll
  5. Retaining rings
  6. Quick-release
7. Stitching
8. Stapling
9. Shrink fitting
10. Press fitting
11. Plastic
  1. Hot-air-welding
  2. Friction
  3. Heated metal plate
  4. Solvent
  5. Dielectric
  6. Magnetics
  7. Ultrasonic
  8. Radio frequency welding

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