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Category: Manufacturing Processes

Metal fabrication processes

Processes Used in Metal Fabrication

The history of metal fabrication, alternatively known as metalworking, dates back to ancient times with the development of civilisation largely being down to the discovery

shot blasting machine

A Guide to Shot Blasting / Shot Peening

Shot peening (also known as shot blasting) is a surface conditioning process carried out after various manufacturing processes. In simple terms it increases/improves the surface

centrifugal pump: wroking principle

Introduction to Hydraulic Pumps

Hydraulic pumps are omnipresent and used in applications ranging from mud pumping (drilling site) to movement of the antenna in space stations. They convert the

steel-cold-rolling

Cold Rolling – process overview

In simple terms, cold rolling is an industrial process used to change the material properties of sheets or strips of metal. The metal is fed

shot tower

Shot Tower – How Lead Shot is Made

History is littered with innovative ideas and processes which we often take for granted today but were groundbreaking in their day. Something as simple as

Composite Spraying

Composite spraying is an open-mould composite manufacturing process which makes use of a manually controlled spray gun to spray a chopped fibre with catalysed resin

Swaging: Rotary and Extrusion

Swaging is a process that belongs to the forging class of manufacturing processes, where the dimensions of the work piece is changed using dies which

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