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Manufacturing Disciplines


For a description of each discipline--complete with example uses and important background information--click a title.

Assembly

  • Cable
  • Electronic
  • Fulfillment
  • Hose
  • Mechanical
  • Packaging
  • Wire Harness

Castings

  • Centrifugal Casting
  • Ceramic Casting
  • Die Casting
  • Investment Casting
  • Permanent Mold
  • Precision Casting
  • Sand Casting
  • Shell Casting

Engineering & Design

  • Connectors
  • Control Panels
  • Electromechanical
  • PCB Assembly
  • PCB Production
  • Photoplotting
  • Soldering
  • Testing & Repair
  • Transformers
  • Winding
  • Wiring

Fabrication

  • Brake Bending
  • Cutting, Gas
  • Cutting, Laser
  • Cutting, Plasma
  • Cutting, Water
  • Deep Drawing
  • Enclosures
  • General Sheet Metal
  • Hydroforming
  • Metal Spinning
  • Precision CNC Sheet Metal
  • Presswork
  • Punching
  • Roll Forming
  • Shearing
  • Sheet Metal Gaskets
  • Spring Manufacturing
  • Stamping
  • Tube/Wire Bending
  • Welding

Forging

  • Cold Forging
  • Die Forging
  • Drop Forging
  • Duplex Forging
  • Hand Forging
  • Hot Forging
  • Precision Forging
  • Upset Forging

Heat Treatment

  • Annealing
  • Hardening
  • Hardening, Case
  • Hardening, Induction
  • Hardening, Through
  • Nitriding
  • Stress Relieving
  • Tempering
  • Vacuum Treatment

Machining

  • Boring, Horizontal
  • Boring, Jig
  • Boring, Vertical
  • Broaching and Splining
  • Drilling
  • EDM, Ram
  • EDM, Wire
  • Electrochemical
  • Engraving
  • Gear Cutting
  • Grinding
  • Grinding, Centerless
  • Grinding, Cylindrical
  • Grinding, Flat
  • Grinding, Internal
  • Grinding, Jig
  • Honing
  • Machining, Large
  • Machining, Multi-axis
  • Machining, Precision
  • Machining, Screw
  • Machining, Screw (Long Run)
  • Machining, Swiss Screw
  • Machining, Turning
  • Milling
  • Saw Cutting
  • Slotting
  • Tapping
  • Thread Cutting
  • Thread Grinding
  • Thread Rolling

Machining, CNC

  • Drilling
  • Grinding
  • Machine Center
  • Milling
  • Turning

Metal Finishing

  • Anodizing
  • Anodizing, Color
  • Galvanizing, Dip
  • Galvanizing, Spray
  • Painting
  • Plastic Coating
  • Plating, Decorative Chrome
  • Plating, Electro
  • Plating, Electroless
  • Plating, Hard Chrome
  • Plating, PM
  • Plating, Zinc
  • Polishing
  • Powder Coat
  • RFI Shielding
  • Silk Screening

Mold Making

  • Blow Mold
  • Injection Mold
  • Rotational Mold
  • Stack Mold
  • Thermoform Mold
  • Transfer Mold

Pallets

  • Wood - New & Used
  • Plastic

Plastic & Rubber

  • Assembly
  • Coating
  • Die-Cutting
  • Extrusion
  • Film or Sheet
  • Gaskets
  • Molding, Injection
  • Molding, Blow
  • Molding, Co-injection
  • Molding, Compression
  • Molding, Dip
  • Molding, Foam
  • Molding, Gas-Assist
  • Molding, Insert
  • Molding, RIM
  • Molding, Rotational
  • Thermoforming
  • Vacuum Forming

Prototyping

  • Electromechanical
  • Mechanical
  • Plastic & Rubber

Tool & Die Making

  • Die, Blanking
  • Die, Cutting
  • Die, Extrusion
  • Die, Pressing
  • Die, Shearing
  • Die, Transfer
  • Jigs & Fixtures
  • Tools