| Machine |
Avail. |
Details |
Method |
D |
Materials |
T |
| Bend |
Now |
Click |
Bends sheet metal to an angle |
3D |
Metal |
N |
| Blanking |
Now |
Click |
Custom punch cuts shape in one hit |
2D |
Sheet metal |
Y |
| Casting, Investment |
Now |
Click |
Expendable pattern is surrounded by an investment compound and then baked
so that the investment is hardened to form a mold |
3D |
Metal |
Y |
| Casting, Pressure Die |
Now |
Click |
Molten metal forced into mold |
3D |
Non-ferrous metals |
Y |
| Casting, Sand |
|
Click |
Molten metal poured into sand mold |
3D |
Metal |
Y |
| Counter boring (1) |
Now |
|
Rotating tool enlarges upper portion of hole |
NA |
Hard |
N |
| Countersinking (1) |
Now |
|
Conical tool adds conical shape to top of hole |
NA |
Hard |
N |
| Drawing |
|
Click |
Sheet metal formed by successive stamping |
3D |
Metal |
Y |
| Drilling |
Now |
Click |
Rotating cutter moves in one dimension |
1D |
Hard |
N |
| Electrochemical Machining |
|
Click |
A shaped form erodes work piece by electro chemical reaction |
3D |
Metal |
N |
| Extrude |
Now |
Click |
Molten material forced thru die |
2.5D |
Plastic |
Y |
| Fine blanking |
|
Click |
Custom punch cuts shape in one hit using tooling that creates a precise
shear edge |
2D |
Metal |
Y |
| Finishing |
Now |
Click |
Various methods of treating surface of work piece |
NA |
Metal |
N |
| Forging |
Now |
Click |
Heated metal pressed into mold |
3D |
Ductile metals |
Y |
| Grinding, Surface |
Now |
|
Abrasive wheel creates uniform flat surface |
2D |
Metal |
N |
| Glass Cutting |
|
|
Hand tool scores glass (polygon shapes) |
2D |
Glass |
N |
| Honing (1) |
Now |
|
Tool with rotating abrasive enlarges hole |
NA |
Metal |
N |
| Knurling (1) |
Now |
|
Textured tool presses coarse textured pattern (cylindrical shapes) |
NA |
Metal |
N |
| Laser Cutting |
Now |
Click |
Laser beam vaporizes cut path |
2D |
Most |
N |
| Mill |
Now |
Click |
Rotating cutter moves in 3D |
3D |
Hard |
N |
| Molding, Compression (for rubber) |
Now |
Click |
Heated rubber pressed into mold |
3D |
Rubber |
Y |
| Molding, Injection |
Now |
Click |
Molten plastic forced into mold |
3D |
Plastic |
Y |
| Photochemical Milling |
Now |
Click |
Chemical dissolves masked sheet |
2D |
Metal |
N |
| Plasma Cutting |
Now |
Click |
Spark vaporizes cut path |
2D |
Most |
N |
| Plunge EDM |
|
|
A metal probe is plunged into a metal work piece via electrical discharge |
3D |
Metal |
N |
| Rapid Prototype (FDM) |
Now |
Click |
Fused plastic deposits in 3D space |
3D |
ABS |
N |
| Reaming (1) |
Now |
|
Precision cutting tool creates accurate hole |
1D |
Metal |
N |
| Sawing (1) |
Now |
|
Cutting blade cuts material in straight line |
NA |
Hard |
N |
| Shearing (1) |
Now |
|
Scissors-like action cuts material in straight line |
NA |
Most |
N |
| Silk Screen |
Now |
Click |
Ink is forced thru a mesh that holds a graphic pattern |
2D |
Most |
Y |
| Springs |
|
Click |
Wire formed into helical shape |
NA |
Metal |
N |
| Spur gears cutting |
Now |
Click |
Cutting of plain 2D gears |
2D |
Metal |
N |
| Steel-Rule-Die Blanking |
Now |
Click |
Steel knives embedded in wood base |
2D |
Soft |
Y |
| Thermoforming (Vacuum molding) |
|
Click |
Heated thin sheet is formed onto mold |
3D |
Plastic sheet |
Y |
| Thermoforming die cutting |
|
Click |
Separates molded parts from sheet |
3D |
Plastic sheet |
Y |
| Threading & Tapping |
Now |
Click |
Threads holes and protrusions |
3D |
Hard |
N |
| Turret Punch |
Now |
Click |
Successive punching of fixed shapes |
2D |
Sheet metal |
N |
| Turning (lathe) |
Now |
Click |
Cutter applied to rotating material (concentric shapes) |
3D |
Hard |
N |
| Waterjet |
Now |
Click |
High pressure water cuts sheet |
2D |
Hard |
N |
| Weld |
Now |
Click |
Joins metal surfaces |
3D |
Metal |
N |
| Wire EDM |
Now |
Click |
Charged wire erodes material |
2D |
Metal |
N |
| Wire forming |
|
Click |
Wire formed into special shapes |
NA |
Metal |
N |
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