本书内容均选自英、美国家的专业教材及专业刊物的原文，涉及机械基础、冷冲压工艺及模具、塑料模具、模具成形机械、模具制造技术、CAD/CAM等，基本涵盖了模具设计与制造专业所需的技术知识。本书可以作为高职、高专模具设计与制造专业的英语教材，也可以作为工程技术人员的参考书。

本书是本着先进、实用、简明、系统的组织原则，从职业教育的实际出发，结合多年的专业英语教学实践编写的。本书内容均选自英、美国家的专业教材及专业刊物的原文，内容涉及机械基础、冷冲压工艺及模具、塑料模具、模具成形机械、模具制造技术、CAD/CAM等，基本涵盖了模具设计与制造专业所需的技术知识。本书在内容上注重选材的实用性，英语表达地道，力求兼顾知识的基础性和专业性，可以作为高职、高专模具设计与制造专业的英语教材，也可以作为工程技术人员的参考书。

前言

Unit One Basic Knowledge of Die or Mold

　Lesson 1 What Is Die or Mold?

　　Reading Materials: (1) The Definition of a Die

　　(2) Blanking Die

　Lesson 2 Die and Mold Steels

　　Reading Materials: Engineering Materials'Categories and Properties

　Lesson 3 Heat Treatment of Steel

　　Reading Materials: Common Methods in Heat Treatment

Unit Two Sheet Forming Processes and Die Design

　Lesson 4 Sheet Forming Technique

　　Reading Materials: Five Factors in Blanking

　Lesson 5 Piercing Die and Blanking Die

　　Reading Materials: Methods of Reducing Cutting Forces

　Lesson 6 Compound Die

　　Reading Materials: Drawing Die

　Lesson 7 Bending Die

　　Reading Materials: Die Part — Stock Stop

Unit Three Other Forming Processes

　Lesson 8 Forging

　　Reading Materials: The Properties of the Forging Process

　Lesson 9 Extrusion

　　Reading Materials: No-Draft Forging

　Lesson 10 Pressure Die-Casting Die

　　Reading Materials: The Die Insert

Unit Four Plastic Molding Processes

　Lesson 11 What Is Plastics?

　　Reading Materials: Fillers

　Lesson 12 Injection Mold

　　Reading Materials: The Elements in a Conventional Two-Plate Injection Mold

　Lesson 13 Compression Mold (1)

　　Reading Materials: Compression Mold (2)

　Lesson 14 Transfer Mold

　　Reading Materials: Characteristics of Forming for Plastics

Unit Five Forming Machines

　Lesson 15 Types of Press

　　Reading Materials: The Specifications of Press

　Lesson 16 Main Components of a Press

　　Reading Materials: Parting Surface

　Lesson 17 Injection-Molding Machine

　　Reading Materials: The Specifications of Injection Molding Machine

　Lesson 18 Components of Injection Molding Machine

　　Reading Materials: Enjection

Unit Six Dies and Molds Manufacture

　Lesson 19 Introduction to Mold Making Methods (1)

　Lesson 20 Introduction to Mold Making Methods (2)

　Lesson 21 Types of CNC Machines

　　Reading Materials: Basic Functions of CNC Machine Control

　Lesson 22 Non-traditional Machining

　　Reading Materials: (1) Electrochemical Machining (ECM)

　　(2) Laser–Beam Machining (LBM)

　Lesson 23 Bench Fitting

　　Reading Materials: Rapid Prototyping Technologies

Unit Seven CAD/CAM/CAE

　Lesson 24 Concepts of CAD/CAM

　　Reading Materials: Interactive Computer Graphics (ICG)

　Lesson 25 Applications of CAD/CAM

　　Reading Materials: Industrial Robots

　Lesson 26 Introduction of a CAE Software—Moldflow

　　Reading Materials: Constraints between CAD and CAM

Unit Eight Life and Failure of Die

　Lesson 27 Types and Reasons of Die Failure

　　Reading Materials: Effects of Surface Treatment and Lubricant on Die Life

Appendix

　AppendixⅠ Glossary of Terms

　　塑料模术语 Terminology for Plastics Mold

　　冲模术语 Terminology for Die

　　热处理术语 Terminology for Heat Treatment

　AppendixⅡ Vocabulary

References