Manufacturing Flashcards
Turning
When a piece of metal or wood is turned in a lathe
CNC Routering
Used to make shapes out of a flat piece of wood
Sand Casting
Pouring metal into a sand castle and allowing it to cool and harden. Low cost
Die Casting
Can produce a high volume of complex parts with a good surface finish and accuracy.
Extrusion Moulding
Allows production of continuous lengths with uniform thickness and shapes, can also be hollow and open
Drop Forging
Stro her parts than alternative processes and is made by compressing the metal
Injection Molding
Produces complex accurate parts with a high surface finish
Compression Moulding
Two part heated mould, can make small to large scale products
Extrusion Blow Moulding
Used to produce hollow containers. Simplistic look with shea
Rotational Moulding
Hollow product with simple form
Metal Sheet Process
Products products form a sheet of metal, waste can be recycled
Spinning
Thin walled items from a sheet of metal
Vacuum Moulding
Heated sheet of metal vacuumed onto a mould