Manufacturing processes

Calculations for over 80 manufacturing processes.

Here's a full listing of all the manufacturing processes for which Tolcap provides process capability maps.

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  • Casting

    • Centrifugal casting - all metals
    • Ceramic mould casting - all metals
    • Gravity die casting for aluminium and magnesium alloys
    • Gravity die casting for iron and copper alloys
    • Investment casting - all metals
    • Plaster mould casting for aluminium and magnesium alloys
    • Plaster mould casting for zinc and copper alloys
    • Pressure die casting for aluminium and magnesium alloys
    • Pressure die casting for copper alloys
    • Pressure die casting for zinc alloys
    • Sand casting for aluminium and magnesium alloys
    • Sand casting for copper alloys
    • Sand casting for steel and iron
    • Shell moulding for aluminium and magnesium alloys
    • Shell moulding for steel, iron and copper alloys
  • Cold drawing and rolling

    • Cold drawing for copper and copper alloys
    • Cold drawing for low to medium carbon steels
    • Cold rolling for aluminium alloys
    • Cold rolling for copper and copper alloys
    • Cold rolling for low to medium carbon and low alloy steels
  • Cold forming

    • Cold forming and finishing - radial tolerance only
    • Cold heading for low to medium carbon steels - axial tolerances
    • Cold heading for low to medium carbon steels - radial tolerances
    • Impact extrusion - axial tolerances
    • Impact extrusion - radial tolerances
    • Swaging
  • Elastomer and composite moulding

    • Compression moulding for composite materials
    • Hand-spray lay-up for composite materials
    • Injection moulding for elastomers
  • Extrusion

    • Cold extrusion
    • Extrusion for elastomers
    • Extrusion for thermoplastics
    • Hot extrusion for aluminium and magnesium alloys
  • Hot forging

    • Closed die forging up to 1kg - low to medium carbon
    • Closed die forging 1kg to 3.2kg - low to medium carbon
    • Closed die forging 3.2kg to 10kg - low to medium carbon
    • Closed die forging 10kg to 50kg - low to medium carbon
    • Closed die forging up to 1kg - low alloy steel
    • Closed die forging 1kg to 3.2kg - low alloy steel
    • Closed die forging 3.2kg to 10kg - low alloy steel
    • Closed die forging 10kg to 50kg - low alloy steel
    • Precision closed die forging and stamping for copper alloys
  • Machining

    • Broaching
    • Cylindrical grinding
    • Drilling
    • Honing
    • Lapping
    • Milling
    • Planing and shaping
    • Reaming
    • Surface grinding
    • Turning and boring
    • Ultra precision turning and boring
  • Non-traditional machining

    • Chemical milling for aluminium alloys
    • Chemical milling for carbon steels
    • Chemical milling for titanium
    • Electrical discharge machining (EDM)
    • Electrochemical machining (ECM)
    • Electron beam machining (EBM)
    • Laser beam machining
    • Photochemical blanking for carbon steels
    • Photochemical blanking for copper alloys
    • Ultrasonic machining
  • Plastic moulding

    • Blow moulding - thermoplastics
    • Injection compression ABS, EPOXY, PBT (filled), PC, PESU
    • Injection compression PET (filled), PF, PMMA, POM (filled), PPS
    • Injection compression PS, PSU, PVC-U, SAN, UP
    • Injection compression CA, CP, PA, PBT (unfilled), PP (filled)
    • Injection compression PCTFE, PE, PP (unfilled)
    • Injection moulding for precision engineering components (All thermoplastics)
    • Rotational moulding for thermoplastics
  • Powder metallurgy

    • Powder metal sintering for axial tolerances
    • Powder metal sintering for radial tolerances
    • Powder metal sizing for radial tolerances
  • Sheet metalworking

    • Deep drawing and ironing
    • Fine blanking
    • Sheet metal bending
    • Sheet metal cutting
    • Sheet metal punching
    • Sheet metal roll forming
    • Sheet metal spinning

Learn more about Tolcap data sources on our Provenance of Tolcap: its Origins and Validation blog.


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