Fabrication, when used as an industrial term, applies to the building of machines, structures and other equipment, by cutting, shaping and assembling components made from raw materials. (Wikipedia, 10/11/2010, Fabrication)

Ball Milling
Chemical Vapor Deposition

Drawing
   
Drying   
Grinding    

Hot Pressing 
Joining   

Laminating  

Layer by Layer Deposition
Microfabrication  
Nanoparticle Fabrication   

Perforation

Shredding
Stamping 
Trimming Thermoformed Structures  
Ultrasonic Fabrication   

Welding

Recent US Patents

7/13/2010
7,754,291
Miniature emblems and method of making same

Bree and Nannig have produced minature emblems by depositing single drops of liquid plastics onto a substrate and curing. (RDC 9/13/2010)

7/14/2009
7,559,137
Method for providing electrically conductive paths in polymer tubing

Beer, Adelstein and Christensen of Potomac Photonics have formed conductive paths on tubing by forming surface channels in the tubing such as medical catheters and filling with conductive paste and curing by heating.  (RDC 10/11/2010)

  6/23/2009

7,550,104
Method of making a capillary channel

Brenneman and Wogoman of Bayer Health Care molded an optical reagent sensor and an electrochemical sensor into a device separated by an insert with a precise length.  After molding, the insert is removed,leaving a capillary channel.  During testing,the sample is drawn into the capillary for testing.  (RDC 10/11/1010)  

    6/16/2009

7,547,469
Forming loop materials

  Provost and Barker of Velcro Industries have formed loop surfaces for the fiber/loop fasteners by depositing overlapped carded fibers on the surface of a sheet and needling.  (RDC 10/11/2010)