本书是根据高等职业技术教育教学的要求编写的。全书共分4大部分,内容包括:机械工程材料、机械零件、机械加工和各类机床以及现代加工制造技术,同时附加了产品说明书范例和参考译文等内容,以便于教学、自学和应用。本书取材力求应用面广,并具有专业词汇量和语言丰富、实用性强的特点,希望读者借助本书的学习,能达到提高阅读水平和应用专业英语的目的。
本书可作为高等职业技术院校、高等院校专科、成人教育学院、职工大学等大专层次的机械类专业英语课程的教材,也可作为广大自学者和工程技术人员的参考用书。

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第1版前言
Part 1 Fundamentals of Manufacturing
Unit 1 Definition of Manufacturing
Unit 2 Design Materials and Production
Unit 3 Engineering Materials
Unit 4 Classification of Materials
Unit 5 Properties of Materials
Unit 6 Heat Treatment and Hot Working of Metals
Unit 7 Mechanics
Unit 8 Measurement
Unit 9 Inspection and Quality Control
Part 2 Mechanical Parts
Unit 10 Link and Joint
Unit 11 Power Screws
Unit 12 Clutches
Unit 13 Engine Parts
Unit 14 Gears
Unit 15 Gear Manufacture
Unit 16 Shafts
Unit 17 Springs
Unit 18 Bett Drives
Unit 19 Bearings
Unit 20 Cams
Unit 21 Turbine Engine Bearings for Ultra-High Temperatures
Unit 22 Couplings
Part 3 Manufacturing
Unit 23 Shaping and Planning Operations
Unit 24 Grinding Machines
Unit 25 Casting
Unit 26 Die Casting and Investment (or Lost Wax) Casting
Unit 27 Metal Cutting
Unit 28 Fundamentals of Manufacturing Accuracy
Unit 29 Surface Roughness
Part 4 New Technologies in Manufacturing
Unit 30 Numerical Control (NC)
Unit 31 CAD / CAM
Unit 32 Scope of CAD/CAM
Unit 33 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Unit 34 Robots
Unit 35 Machining Center
Unit 36 List of Various Mcchatronic Systems
Unit 37 Mechanical Engineering in the Information Age
产品说明书范例
参考译文
词汇表
参考文献