机器的生产过程是指从原材料（或半成品）制成产品的全部过程。对机器生产而言包括原材料的运输和保存，生产的准备，毛坯的制造，零件的加工和热处理，产品的装配、及调试，油漆和包装等内容。
Machine production process refers to the whole process of making products from raw materials (or semi-finished products). For machine production, it includes transportation and preservation of raw materials, preparation of production, manufacturing of blanks, processing and heat treatment of parts, assembly, debugging of products, painting and packaging, etc.
生产过程的内容十分广泛，现代企业用系统工程学的原理和方法组织生产和指导生产，将生产过程看成是一个具有输入和输出的生产系统。
The content of production process is very extensive. Modern enterprises use the principles and methods of system engineering to organize production and guide production. The production process is regarded as a production system with input and output.
在生产过程中，凡是改变生产对象的形状、尺寸、位置和性质等，使其成为成品或者半成品的过程称为工艺过程。它是生产过程的主要部分。
In the process of production, the process of changing the shape, size, location and nature of the production object into finished or semi-finished products is called process. It is the main part of the production process.
工艺过程又可分为铸造、锻造、冲压、焊接、机械加工、装配等工艺过程，机械制造工艺过程一般是指零件的机械加工工艺过程和机器的装配工艺过程的总和，其他过程则称为辅助过程，例如运输、保管、动力供应、设备维修等。
Process can also be divided into casting, forging, stamping, welding, mechanical processing, assembly and other process. Mechanical manufacturing process generally refers to the sum of parts processing process and machine assembly process. Other processes are called auxiliary process, such as transportation, storage, power supply, equipment maintenance. And so on.