Manufacturing Processes
Context: “Prototype” vs. “Product” 
Toy RC car 
Product 
5,000 
$5-10 
Little 
Automobile 
Product 
10,000 
$10,000+ 
Very little 
ME72 Device 
Prototype 
Quantity 1 
$200 in parts 
+ your effort 
Mfg. cost 
Variability Can be a lot
Prototype -> Product 
• Prototypes are one-offs 
• Products are to be manufactured 
• What if someone wanted you to make 1,000 of your 
device for $50 each? 
– What would you change? 
• How do you make it to meet scale, cost, and 
repeatability? 
– “Better, faster, cheaper” 
– Manufacturing Processes 
• What processes should you use? 
– Design for manufacturability 
• How do you design so it is easily made/assembled?
METAL CASTING AND POWDER PROCESSES 
CASTING 
CASTING OF INGOTS 
CONTINUOUS CASTING 
SAND CASTING 
SHELL MOLDING 
SLURRY MOLDING 
INVESTMENT CASTING (LOW-WAX PROCESS) 
EVAPORATIVE CASTING 
DIE CASTING 
(GRAVITY-FEED, PRESSURIZED…) 
CENTRIFUGAL CASTING 
SQUEEZE CASTING 
RHEOCASTING 
CRYSTAL GROWING 
•CRYSTAL-PULLING 
•ZONE MELTING 
Electro forming 
Plasma Spraying 
POWDER METALLURGY 
PRESSING 
ISOSTATIC PRESSING 
SINTERING 
JOINING PROCESSES 
MECHANICAL JOINING 
•BOLTS, SCREWS, RIVETS 
SOLID-STATE WELDING 
•DIFFUSION, FORGING, FRICTION, 
DEFORMATION 
LIQUID STATE WELDING 
•RESISTANCE WELDING 
•ARC WELDING 
•THERMAL WELDING 
HIGH-ENERGY BEAM WELDING 
•ELECTRONIC BEAM, LASER 
LIQUID-SOLID STATE BONDING 
•BRAZING 
•SOLDERING 
ADHESIVE BONDING 
•PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES JOINING 
(MECHANICAL, HEATING, SOLVENTS, 
ULTRASONICS) 
MACHINING PROCESSES 
SINGLE POINT MACHINING 
•TURNING 
•BORING 
•FACING 
•FORMING 
•SHAPING,PLANNING 
MULTIPOINT MACHINING 
•DRILLING 
•MILLING 
•SAWING, FILING 
•BROACHING, THREAD CUTTING, 
GRINDING 
•SURFACE GRINDING 
•CYLINDRICAL GRINDING 
•CENTERLESS GRINDING 
•INTERNAL GRINDING 
•FORM GRINDING 
ABRASIVE WIRE CUTTING 
HONING 
LAPPING 
ULTRASONIC MACHINING 
BUFFING, POLISHING 
BURNISHING 
TUMBLING 
GRIT BLASTING 
CHEMICAL MACHINING 
•ENGRAVING 
•CHEMICAL MILLING 
•CHEMICAL BLANKING 
ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING 
ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING 
LASTER MACHINING 
ELECTRON BEAM MACHINING 
PLASMA-ARC CUTTING 
FLAME CUTTING, WATER JET CUTTING 
DEFORMATION PROCESSES 
OPEN-DIE FORGING 
IMPRESSION-DIE FORGING 
CLOSED-DIE FORGING 
•PRECISION OR FLASHLESS FORGING 
•COINING 
•HEADING, PIERCING, HUBBING, COGGING, 
FULLERING, EDGING, ROLL FORGING, 
SKEW ROLLING 
ROLLING 
•FLAT, RING, THREAD, GEAR, PIERCING 
EXTRUSION 
•DIRECT, INDIRECT HYDROSTATIC, IMPACT, 
BACKWARD DRAWING 
•ROD & WIRE, FLAT STRIP, TUBES 
SWAGING 
SHEARING 
BENDING 
•PRESS-BRAKE FORMING, ROLL FORMING 
TUBE FORMING 
BEADING, FLANGING, HEMMING, SEAMING 
STRECH FORMING 
BULGING 
DEEP DRAWING 
PRESS FORMING 
RUBBER FORMING 
SPINNING 
EXPLOSIVE FORMING 
ELECTROHYDRAULIC FORMING 
MAGNETIC-PULSE FORMING 
SUPERPLASTIC FORMING 
Source: Gutowski 
Manufacturing process 
(page 1)
MICROELECTRONICS PROCESSING 
CRYSTAL GROWTH 
•CZOCHRALSKI CRYSTAL GROWTH 
•FLOAT-ZONE CRYSTAL GROWTH 
WAFER PROCESSING 
•SLICING, ETCHING, POLISHINNG 
SURFACE PROCESSES 
•CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) 
•EPITAXIAL FILM GROWTH 
•POLY CRYSTALLINE FILM GROWTH 
•S102 FILMS 
•OTHER (DIELECTRICS, METALS) 
OXIDATION 
•ION IMPLANTATION 
•PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION 
•SPUTTERING 
•EVAPORATION 
LITHOGRAPHY 
•PHOTORESIST 
•ELECTRON BEAM, X-RAY, ION BEAM 
LITHOGRAPHY 
WET ETCHING 
•CHEMICAL 
DRY ETCHING 
•PLASMA 
•SPUTTER 
•REACTIVE ION 
PACKAGING 
•DICING 
•DIE ATTACHMENT 
•WIRE BONDING 
•ENCAPSULATION 
POLYMER PROCESSES 
EXTRUSION 
FIBER SPINNING 
CALANDERING 
FILM BLOWING 
COATING 
(MELTS, SOLUTION, PLASMA, ELECTROSTATIC, 
PLASTISOL, UV CURABLE…) 
BLOW MOLDING 
INJECTION MOLDING 
REACTION INJECTION MOLDING (RIM) 
COMPRESSION MOLDING 
TRANSFER MOLDING 
CASTING 
THERMOFORMING 
ROTATIONAL MOLDING 
SOLID STATE FORMING 
MACHINING 
ETCHING SOLVENT PROCESSING 
FOAMING 
BONDING 
IMPREGNATING 
PAINTING 
COMPOSITES PROCESSES 
(POLYMER COMPOSITES) 
PULTRUSION 
FILAMENT WINDING 
PULL FORMING 
BRAIDING 
AUTOCLAVE MOLDING 
COMPRESSION MOLDING (SMC) 
RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING 
AUTOCOMP MOLDING 
HAND LAY-UP 
SPRAY-UP 
AUTOMATIC TAPE LAY-UP 
STAMPING 
DIAPHGRAM FORMING 
INJECTION MOLDING 
(FILLED THERMOPLASTICS, BMC…) 
REINFORCED REACTION INJECTION MOLDING 
(RRIM) 
(METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES) 
HOT PRESSURE BONDING 
HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING 
LIQUID METAL INFILTRATION 
ELECTRODEPOSITION 
PLASMA SPRAY DEPOSITION 
CERAMICS PROCESSES 
POWER PROCESSES 
•CONSOLIDATION 
•SINTERING 
MELT PROCESSES 
•CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS (SILICON) 
•GLASSES 
•DRAWING, CASTING, BLOWING, TEMPERING 
(OPTICAL & STRUCTURAL FILTERS) 
•COATING 
SOL-GEL CERAMICS PROCESSING 
Source: Gutowski 
Manufacturing process 
(page 2)
Materials used in a car 
Source: K. H. Grote
Effect of manufacturing on 
geometry 
Source: Magrab
Performance measures 
• What makes a good manufacturing process? 
– Rate 
• Material flow through system 
– Time 
• Order to receipt 
• Setup time + part process time 
– Cost 
• Material + Labor + Tooling + Equipment 
– Quality 
• Deviation from target 
Source: Gutowski
Manufacturing processes 
1. Subtractive 
– Material removal 
2. Additive 
– Material addition, often in layers 
3. Continuous 
– Continuous output (wire, rod) 
4. Net shape 
– Output is the same as (or near) final shape 
Source: Gutowski
1. Subtractive Processes 
• Machining 
– Turning 
– milling 
– boring 
– grinding 
• Non-traditional machining 
– Chemical milling 
– Waterjet machining 
• Micro-electronics processes 
– etching processes using either masks or beam
Milling 
Basic Types of Milling 
Cutters and Operations 
Source: K. H. Grote and Kalpakjian
Non-traditional machining 
• Laser machining 
• Waterjet machining 
Source: K. H. Grote
2. Additive Processes 
• Joining 
– Welding, soldering, adhering 
• Rapid Prototyping/Layered manufacturing 
– Stereolithography, 3D printing 
• Composites
Welding 
• Shielded Metal-Arc Welding Process. 50% of 
all industrial welding employs this. 
Source: K. H. Grote
Stereolithography (SLA) 
• Photopolymers are exposed by laser and 
cured from a liquid to a solid. 
Source: http://cybercut.berkeley.edu/mas2/html/processes/stereolith/more.html
3D printing 
• Thin layer of powder spread over surface 
• Like an ink-jet printer, binder material selectively 
joins particles to form the object 
Source: http://web.mit.edu/tdp/www/whatis3dp.html
From: http://web.mit.edu/tdp/www/applications.html
Composites 
• Hand lay-up of layers of resin and fiber. 
• Lightweight & strong, but process is labor 
intensive. 
Source: http://www.saint-gobain-vetrotex.com.br/process_handlay.htm#01
3. Continuous Processes 
• Extrusion of metals 
• Plastic Extrusion 
• Pultrusion of composites
Metal extrusion 
Direct extrusion 
Indirect Hydrostatic 
Source: K. H. Grote and Kalpakjian
Plastic extrusion 
Source: http://www.telfordsmith.com.au/products/
Pultrusion 
• For composites 
• Fiber reinforcing material is pulled through 
resin bath and into a die. 
Source: http://users.techline.com/lord/manu.html
4. Net Shape forming 
• Solids 
– Metal Forming – stamping, forging 
– Powders 
• Liquids 
– Casting 
– Injection Molding, thermoforming, blow molding 
• Mixtures 
– Infiltration 
– Viscoelastics 
• Tolerances not as tight
Drawing and stretching 
• Sheet metal 
From: http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9911/Hosford-9911-figure1.html
Forging 
• Metal workpiece pressed under great 
pressure into high strength parts 
Closed die forging 
workpiece 
From: http://www.forging.org/facts/idproc.htm
Investment/lost wax Casting 
• A wax pattern is surrounded with investment 
material (sand), baked out, then metal is poured in 
the cavity. 
1. Create wax 
pattern 
2. Assemble 
patterns 
3. Apply 
investment 
4. Dewax 5. Fill shell 6. Knockout 7. Cutoff 
8. Finished castings 
From: http://www.hitchiner.com/home.html
Compression Molding 
Rubber trivet 
Source: Byars 1998
1. 
Compression 
molding 
machine 
2. Slabs of 
HTV 
silicone 
rubber 
3. Trim 
excess 
4. Finished 
trivets
Injection Molding 
From: http://www.idsa-mp.org/proc/plastic/injection/injection_process.htm
Injection molding example 
Cutlery made of 
biodegradable 
starch 
Source: Byars 1998
1. Starch 2. Pellets 
are formed 
3. Injection 
molded forks 
on stem 
4. 
Decomposing 
cutlery
Thermoforming 
• Very inexpensive for low volumes 
Plastic sheet 
From: http://www.kenplas.com/topic/thermoforming.aspx 
Pattern

Manufacturing

  • 1.
  • 2.
    Context: “Prototype” vs.“Product” Toy RC car Product 5,000 $5-10 Little Automobile Product 10,000 $10,000+ Very little ME72 Device Prototype Quantity 1 $200 in parts + your effort Mfg. cost Variability Can be a lot
  • 3.
    Prototype -> Product • Prototypes are one-offs • Products are to be manufactured • What if someone wanted you to make 1,000 of your device for $50 each? – What would you change? • How do you make it to meet scale, cost, and repeatability? – “Better, faster, cheaper” – Manufacturing Processes • What processes should you use? – Design for manufacturability • How do you design so it is easily made/assembled?
  • 4.
    METAL CASTING ANDPOWDER PROCESSES CASTING CASTING OF INGOTS CONTINUOUS CASTING SAND CASTING SHELL MOLDING SLURRY MOLDING INVESTMENT CASTING (LOW-WAX PROCESS) EVAPORATIVE CASTING DIE CASTING (GRAVITY-FEED, PRESSURIZED…) CENTRIFUGAL CASTING SQUEEZE CASTING RHEOCASTING CRYSTAL GROWING •CRYSTAL-PULLING •ZONE MELTING Electro forming Plasma Spraying POWDER METALLURGY PRESSING ISOSTATIC PRESSING SINTERING JOINING PROCESSES MECHANICAL JOINING •BOLTS, SCREWS, RIVETS SOLID-STATE WELDING •DIFFUSION, FORGING, FRICTION, DEFORMATION LIQUID STATE WELDING •RESISTANCE WELDING •ARC WELDING •THERMAL WELDING HIGH-ENERGY BEAM WELDING •ELECTRONIC BEAM, LASER LIQUID-SOLID STATE BONDING •BRAZING •SOLDERING ADHESIVE BONDING •PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES JOINING (MECHANICAL, HEATING, SOLVENTS, ULTRASONICS) MACHINING PROCESSES SINGLE POINT MACHINING •TURNING •BORING •FACING •FORMING •SHAPING,PLANNING MULTIPOINT MACHINING •DRILLING •MILLING •SAWING, FILING •BROACHING, THREAD CUTTING, GRINDING •SURFACE GRINDING •CYLINDRICAL GRINDING •CENTERLESS GRINDING •INTERNAL GRINDING •FORM GRINDING ABRASIVE WIRE CUTTING HONING LAPPING ULTRASONIC MACHINING BUFFING, POLISHING BURNISHING TUMBLING GRIT BLASTING CHEMICAL MACHINING •ENGRAVING •CHEMICAL MILLING •CHEMICAL BLANKING ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING LASTER MACHINING ELECTRON BEAM MACHINING PLASMA-ARC CUTTING FLAME CUTTING, WATER JET CUTTING DEFORMATION PROCESSES OPEN-DIE FORGING IMPRESSION-DIE FORGING CLOSED-DIE FORGING •PRECISION OR FLASHLESS FORGING •COINING •HEADING, PIERCING, HUBBING, COGGING, FULLERING, EDGING, ROLL FORGING, SKEW ROLLING ROLLING •FLAT, RING, THREAD, GEAR, PIERCING EXTRUSION •DIRECT, INDIRECT HYDROSTATIC, IMPACT, BACKWARD DRAWING •ROD & WIRE, FLAT STRIP, TUBES SWAGING SHEARING BENDING •PRESS-BRAKE FORMING, ROLL FORMING TUBE FORMING BEADING, FLANGING, HEMMING, SEAMING STRECH FORMING BULGING DEEP DRAWING PRESS FORMING RUBBER FORMING SPINNING EXPLOSIVE FORMING ELECTROHYDRAULIC FORMING MAGNETIC-PULSE FORMING SUPERPLASTIC FORMING Source: Gutowski Manufacturing process (page 1)
  • 5.
    MICROELECTRONICS PROCESSING CRYSTALGROWTH •CZOCHRALSKI CRYSTAL GROWTH •FLOAT-ZONE CRYSTAL GROWTH WAFER PROCESSING •SLICING, ETCHING, POLISHINNG SURFACE PROCESSES •CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) •EPITAXIAL FILM GROWTH •POLY CRYSTALLINE FILM GROWTH •S102 FILMS •OTHER (DIELECTRICS, METALS) OXIDATION •ION IMPLANTATION •PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION •SPUTTERING •EVAPORATION LITHOGRAPHY •PHOTORESIST •ELECTRON BEAM, X-RAY, ION BEAM LITHOGRAPHY WET ETCHING •CHEMICAL DRY ETCHING •PLASMA •SPUTTER •REACTIVE ION PACKAGING •DICING •DIE ATTACHMENT •WIRE BONDING •ENCAPSULATION POLYMER PROCESSES EXTRUSION FIBER SPINNING CALANDERING FILM BLOWING COATING (MELTS, SOLUTION, PLASMA, ELECTROSTATIC, PLASTISOL, UV CURABLE…) BLOW MOLDING INJECTION MOLDING REACTION INJECTION MOLDING (RIM) COMPRESSION MOLDING TRANSFER MOLDING CASTING THERMOFORMING ROTATIONAL MOLDING SOLID STATE FORMING MACHINING ETCHING SOLVENT PROCESSING FOAMING BONDING IMPREGNATING PAINTING COMPOSITES PROCESSES (POLYMER COMPOSITES) PULTRUSION FILAMENT WINDING PULL FORMING BRAIDING AUTOCLAVE MOLDING COMPRESSION MOLDING (SMC) RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING AUTOCOMP MOLDING HAND LAY-UP SPRAY-UP AUTOMATIC TAPE LAY-UP STAMPING DIAPHGRAM FORMING INJECTION MOLDING (FILLED THERMOPLASTICS, BMC…) REINFORCED REACTION INJECTION MOLDING (RRIM) (METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES) HOT PRESSURE BONDING HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING LIQUID METAL INFILTRATION ELECTRODEPOSITION PLASMA SPRAY DEPOSITION CERAMICS PROCESSES POWER PROCESSES •CONSOLIDATION •SINTERING MELT PROCESSES •CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS (SILICON) •GLASSES •DRAWING, CASTING, BLOWING, TEMPERING (OPTICAL & STRUCTURAL FILTERS) •COATING SOL-GEL CERAMICS PROCESSING Source: Gutowski Manufacturing process (page 2)
  • 6.
    Materials used ina car Source: K. H. Grote
  • 7.
    Effect of manufacturingon geometry Source: Magrab
  • 8.
    Performance measures •What makes a good manufacturing process? – Rate • Material flow through system – Time • Order to receipt • Setup time + part process time – Cost • Material + Labor + Tooling + Equipment – Quality • Deviation from target Source: Gutowski
  • 9.
    Manufacturing processes 1.Subtractive – Material removal 2. Additive – Material addition, often in layers 3. Continuous – Continuous output (wire, rod) 4. Net shape – Output is the same as (or near) final shape Source: Gutowski
  • 10.
    1. Subtractive Processes • Machining – Turning – milling – boring – grinding • Non-traditional machining – Chemical milling – Waterjet machining • Micro-electronics processes – etching processes using either masks or beam
  • 11.
    Milling Basic Typesof Milling Cutters and Operations Source: K. H. Grote and Kalpakjian
  • 12.
    Non-traditional machining •Laser machining • Waterjet machining Source: K. H. Grote
  • 13.
    2. Additive Processes • Joining – Welding, soldering, adhering • Rapid Prototyping/Layered manufacturing – Stereolithography, 3D printing • Composites
  • 14.
    Welding • ShieldedMetal-Arc Welding Process. 50% of all industrial welding employs this. Source: K. H. Grote
  • 15.
    Stereolithography (SLA) •Photopolymers are exposed by laser and cured from a liquid to a solid. Source: http://cybercut.berkeley.edu/mas2/html/processes/stereolith/more.html
  • 16.
    3D printing •Thin layer of powder spread over surface • Like an ink-jet printer, binder material selectively joins particles to form the object Source: http://web.mit.edu/tdp/www/whatis3dp.html
  • 17.
  • 18.
    Composites • Handlay-up of layers of resin and fiber. • Lightweight & strong, but process is labor intensive. Source: http://www.saint-gobain-vetrotex.com.br/process_handlay.htm#01
  • 19.
    3. Continuous Processes • Extrusion of metals • Plastic Extrusion • Pultrusion of composites
  • 20.
    Metal extrusion Directextrusion Indirect Hydrostatic Source: K. H. Grote and Kalpakjian
  • 21.
    Plastic extrusion Source:http://www.telfordsmith.com.au/products/
  • 22.
    Pultrusion • Forcomposites • Fiber reinforcing material is pulled through resin bath and into a die. Source: http://users.techline.com/lord/manu.html
  • 23.
    4. Net Shapeforming • Solids – Metal Forming – stamping, forging – Powders • Liquids – Casting – Injection Molding, thermoforming, blow molding • Mixtures – Infiltration – Viscoelastics • Tolerances not as tight
  • 24.
    Drawing and stretching • Sheet metal From: http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9911/Hosford-9911-figure1.html
  • 25.
    Forging • Metalworkpiece pressed under great pressure into high strength parts Closed die forging workpiece From: http://www.forging.org/facts/idproc.htm
  • 26.
    Investment/lost wax Casting • A wax pattern is surrounded with investment material (sand), baked out, then metal is poured in the cavity. 1. Create wax pattern 2. Assemble patterns 3. Apply investment 4. Dewax 5. Fill shell 6. Knockout 7. Cutoff 8. Finished castings From: http://www.hitchiner.com/home.html
  • 27.
    Compression Molding Rubbertrivet Source: Byars 1998
  • 28.
    1. Compression molding machine 2. Slabs of HTV silicone rubber 3. Trim excess 4. Finished trivets
  • 29.
    Injection Molding From:http://www.idsa-mp.org/proc/plastic/injection/injection_process.htm
  • 30.
    Injection molding example Cutlery made of biodegradable starch Source: Byars 1998
  • 31.
    1. Starch 2.Pellets are formed 3. Injection molded forks on stem 4. Decomposing cutlery
  • 32.
    Thermoforming • Veryinexpensive for low volumes Plastic sheet From: http://www.kenplas.com/topic/thermoforming.aspx Pattern