Manufacturing technology provides the tools that enable production of all manufactured

goods. These master tools of industry magnify the effort of individual workers and give an
industrial nation the power to turn raw materials into the affordable, quality goods essential to
today's society.

Manufacturing engineering or manufacturing process are the steps through which raw materials
are transformed into a final product. The manufacturing process begins with the product design, and
materials specification from which the product is made. These materials are then modified through
manufacturing processes to become the required part.

Machining is any of various processes in which a piece of raw material is cut into a desired final
shape and size by a controlled material-removal process.

A machine shop is a room, building, or company where machining is done. In a machine

shop, machinists use machine tools and cutting tools to make parts, usually of metal or plastic (but
sometimes of other materials such asglass or wood). A machine shop can be a small business (such
as a job shop) or a portion of a factory, whether a toolroom or a production area for manufacturing.
The parts produced can be the end product of the factory, to be sold to customers in the machine
industry, the car industry, the aircraft industry, or others. In other cases, companies in those fields
have their own machine shops.

The production can consist of cutting, shaping, drilling, finishing, and other processes. The machine
tools typically include metal lathes, milling machines, machining centers, multitasking machines, drill
presses, or grinding machines, many controlled with CNC. Other processes, such as heat
treating, electroplating, or painting of the parts before or after machining, are often done in a
separate facility. A machine shop can contain some raw materials(such as bar stock for machining)
and an inventory of finished parts. These items are often stored in a warehouse.

A machine shop can be a capital intensive business, because the purchase of equipment can
require large investments. A machine shop can also be labour-intensive, especially if it is specialized
in repairing machinery on a job production basis, but production machining (both batch
production and mass production) is much more automated than it was before the development of
CNC, PLC, microcomputers, and robotics. It no longer requires masses ofworkers, although
the jobs that remain tend to require high talent and skill. Training and experience in a machine shop
can both be scarce and valuable.

Machining is any of various processes in which a piece of raw material is cut into a desired final
shape and size by a controlled material-removal process. The processes that have this common
theme, controlled material removal, are today collectively known as subtractive manufacturing,[1] in
distinction from processes of controlled material addition, which are known as additive
manufacturing. Exactly what the "controlled" part of the definition implies can vary, but it almost
always implies the use of machine tools (in addition to just power tools and hand tools).
Machining is a part of the manufacture of many metal products, but it can also be used on materials
such as wood, plastic, ceramic, and composites.[2] A person who specializes in machining is called
a machinist. A room, building, or company where machining is done is called a machine shop.
Machining can be a business, a hobby, or both. Much of modern-day machining is carried out
by computer numerical control (CNC), in which computers are used to control the movement and
operation of the mills, lathes, and other cutting machines.

Machining is any process in which a cutting tool is used to remove small chips of material from the
workpiece (the workpiece is often called the "work"). To perform the operation, relative motion is
required between the tool and the work. This relative motion is achieved in most machining
operation by means of a primary motion, called "cutting speed" and a secondary motion called
"feed".[7] The shape of the tool and its penetration into the work surface, combined with these
motions, produce the desired shape of the resulting work surface.