本教材为高等院校材料成型与控制工程专业的专业英语教学用书,全书16章,第1章介绍了我国钢铁工业的总体情况;第2章~第6章为轧制方面的内容,包括轧制的发展历史、轧机的分类、中厚板轧机、热带轧机以及*新的薄带双棍铸造技术等;第7章~第9章为铸造方面的内容,包括金属铸造的工艺过程、材料科学基础和铸造合金的性能、用途等;第10章~第12章为其他金属塑性成型和模具方面的内容,包括金属材料的锻造分类和设备、冲压成型方法、挤压分类及原理等;第13章~第16章为焊接方面的内容,包括焊接过程的分类、焊接原理、手工电弧焊技术及应用和气保护焊技术及应用等。
本书既可作为高等院校材料成型与控制工程专业的专业英语教学用书,也可作为从事金属材料研究与生产的科技人员的参考书。

1 The Changing Face of China's Steel Trade:a Course of Concern
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Overview
1.3 Steel Trade Trends
1.4 ESC and ISSB
2 The History of Rolling
2.1 The Early History of Rolling
2.2 Late Developments in the Hot Rolling of Steel in Europe
2.3 The Early Rolling of Steel in the United States
2.4 Energy Source for Rolling Mills
2.5 The Historical Development of Cold Rolling
2.6 Modern Cold-Reduction Facilities
2.7 Foil Mills
2.8 Temper or Skin Pass Mills
2.9 Modern Hot Strip Mills
3 Classificetions of Rolling Mills
3.1 Main Components of a Mill Stand
3.2 Classification of Mill Stands
3.3 General Classification of Rolling Mills
3.4 Components of High-Production Hot Strip Mills
3.5 Classification of High-Production Hot Strip Mills
3.6 Compact Hot Strip Mills
3.7 Integrated Continuous Casting and Hot Rolling Process
3.8 Cold Mill Arrangement
3.9 Processing Lines Incorporating Cold Mills
4 Plate Mills
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Types of Mills Used for the Rolling of Plates
4.3 Plate-Mill Design
5 Hot-Strip Mills
6 Twin-roll Casting Technology
7 Metal Casting Processes
8 Foundations of Materials Science
9 Cast Alloys
10 Forging
11 Sheet-Metal Forming
12 Extrusion
13 Classification of Welding Processes
14 Methods of Welding
15 Welding Techniques for Manual Welding
16 Gas Shielded Arc Welding
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