This tree lists various manufacturing processes arranged by similarity of function. Casting Centrifugal casting (industrial) Continuous casting Die casting Evaporative-pattern casting Full-mold casting Lost-foam casting Investment casting (Lost-wax casting) Countergravity casting Lost-foam casting Low pressure die casting Permanent mold casting Plastic mold casting Resin casting Sand casting Shell molding Slush casting, Slurry casting Vacuum molding Data from Fundamentals of modern manufacturing Labeling and painting Main articles: Imaging and Coating Laser engraving Inkjet printing Chemical vapor deposition Sputter deposition Plating Thermal spraying Moulding Powder metallurgy Compaction plus sintering Hot isostatic pressing Metal injection moulding Spray forming Plastics (see also Rapid prototyping) Injection Compression molding Transfer Extrusion Blow molding Dip moulding Rotational molding Thermoforming Laminating Expandable bead Foam Vacuum plug assist Pressure plug assist Matched mould Shrink wrapping Forming End tube forming Tube beading Forging Smith Hammer forge Drop forge Press Impact (see also Extrusion) Upset No draft High-energy-rate Cored Incremental Powder Rolling (Thick plate and sheet metal) Cold rolling Hot rolling Sheet metal Shape Ring Transverse Cryorolling Orbital Cross-rolling Thread Screw thread Thread rolling Extrusion Impact extrusion Pressing Embossing Stretch forming Blanking (see drawing below) Drawing (manufacturing) (pulling sheet metal, wire, bar, or tube Bulging Necking Nosing Deep drawing (sinks, auto body) Bending Hemming Shearing Blanking and piercing Trimming Shaving Notching Perforating Nibbling Dinking Lancing Cutoff Stamping Metal Leather Progressive Coining Straight shearing Slitting Other Redrawing Ironing Flattening Swaging Spinning Peening Guerin process Wheelon process Magnetic pulse Explosive forming Electroforming Staking Seaming Flanging Straightening Decambering Cold sizing Hubbing Hot metal gas forming Curling (metalworking) Hydroforming Machining Mills Grist mill Hammer mill Ball mill Buhrstone mill Disc mill Saw mill Steel mill Blast furnace Smelting Refining Reduction mill Annealing Pickling Passivate Coating Milling Turning Lathe Facing Boring (also Single pass bore finishing) Spinning (flow turning) Knurling Hard turning Cutoff (parting) Drilling Friction drilling Reaming Countersinking Tapping Sawing Filing Broaching Shaping Horizontal Vertical Special purpose Planing Double housing Open-side Edge or plate Pit-type Abrasive jet machining Water jet cutting Photochemical machining Abrasive belt Honing (Sharpening) Electro-chemical grinding Finishing & industrial finishing Abrasive blasting (sand blasting) Buffing Burnishing Electroplating Electropolishing Magnetic field-assisted finishing Etching Linishing Mass finishing Tumbling (barrel finishing) Spindle finishing Vibratory finishing Plating Polishing Superfinishing Wire brushing Routing Hobbing Ultrasonic machining Electrical discharge Electrical discharge machining (EDM) Electron beam machining Electrochemical machining Chemical Photochemical Laser cutting Laser drilling Grinding High stock removal Gashing Biomachining Joining Welding Arc Manual metal Shielded metal Gas