Does our increasing dependence upon technology make us believe that we, too, and the world about us, are merely part of some enormous mechanical process?

The problem was that to meet demand, the process had to be industrialized, and wood engraving 'ceased to be an art and became a mechanical process of facsimile reproduction'.

You find yourself locked into what quickly becomes a purely mechanical process of consumption as you try to avoid being singled out for not drinking enough.

The airways are exposed to high concentrations of organic dust created by some form of disturbance or mechanical process.

Although precise hand placement would qualify, precision seeding usually refers to a mechanical process.