The course aims at showing the students the manufacturing processes commonly used in the mechanical industry, from a theoretical and descriptive point of view. It will be shown how to choice the best methodology to carry out mechanical parts and how to develop the planning for the fabrication of machine components. At this purpose, it will be described how to obtain a rough workpiece and then modify its shape by chip removal on convenctional machine tools. The course, in addition to other main technical subjects, has the final objective of giving the students a complete overview on different aspects of the engineering environment such as design, drawing and production.