What are the types of manufacturing processes? Manufacturing processes generally fall into a handful of core categories, though different sources group them slightly differently. Casting and molding pour or inject liquid material into a mold to take its shape. Forming reshapes solid material through bending, stamping, or rolling without removing any of it, the process behind most sheet metal fabrication. Machining removes material from a solid block to reach the final shape, which is what CNC turning and milling do. Joining combines separate parts through welding, fastening, or adhesives. Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, builds a part layer by layer instead of cutting it away.
Most real parts pass through more than one of these, for example a sheet metal enclosure that gets cut, bent, and then welded. Entag's network covers machining, forming, joining, and additive processes directly.
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