The phrase "alternative manufacturing methods" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing different techniques or processes used in the production of goods, especially in contexts related to industry or technology.
Example: "The company is exploring alternative manufacturing methods to reduce costs and improve efficiency."
Alternatives: "different production techniques" or "varied manufacturing processes".
Changing the gear material to a stainless steel would overcome this issue and also open up alternative manufacturing methods such as hobbing or wire EDM.
Fiat and Audi, too, have turned to alternative manufacturing methods, using what is known as space-frame construction rather than pressed panels for giving the vehicle strength.
Therefore, industries in the field have sought for alternative manufacturing methods at an ultra low cost and various printing processes have been considered such as inkjet, gravure, flexo, off-set and screen.
In recent years, printed electronics has received fast growing interest as alternative manufacturing method, because conventional processes, which are required etching and deposition processes, generate large amount of toxic chemical wastes during lift-off and electroplating process [1 4].
EBM is also used as an alternative to light optics manufacturing methods in the semiconductor industry.
"Technology and manufacturing methods usually trickle down.
Lyophilization and direct compression are by far the most commonly used manufacturing methods.
Web-based manufacturing has emerged as an alternative manufacturing technology in a distributed environment.
Here, we present dropwise additive manufacturing of pharmaceutical products (DAMPP) as an alternative to conventional pharmaceutical manufacturing methods.
Instead of developing an alternative to pre-existing T cell manufacturing methods, the major goal of this study was to establish a stimulation and expansion platform upon which T cell quality could be easily improved to meet the required phenotypic characteristics, homing capacities, and potent effector functions for effective cancer immunotherapy (Rosenberg, 2008).
Once we understood how textile manufacturing methods could serve as an alternative to microfabrication, we became confident in our ability to create and pattern microstructures in textiles".
