秦志钰、郝兴明、容幸福主编的《专业英语(机械类)》是从该课程体系、教育和教学改革发展趋势以及新世纪对培养现代工程技术人才等要求出发，专业英语教学已经成为普通高等院校教学水平和质量的评估条件之一。根据我国普通高等教育重点教材建设规划精神。为培养和提高普通高等院校机械类专业高年级学生阅读专业英语书刊及文献和用英语相互交流的能力，作者编著了本教材。

秦志钰、郝兴明、容幸福主编的《专业英语(机械类)》主要包括4篇内容，共12章60个单元。第l篇为工程材料，概括介绍了工程材料及测试、钢铁材料、钢的热处理、表面处理、合金钢及有色金属材料等。第2篇为铸造、锻压和焊接，介绍了金属毛坯成形常用方法以及一些现代成形工艺和方法，如铸造、锻压和焊接的基本理论和工艺知识。第3篇为机械原理和零件设计，主要介绍了机械原理中的自由度、机构等基本知识及概念，以及凸轮和齿轮机构基本原理和知识；还介绍了零件设计中的基本步骤和要求，以及紧固和轴承等机械零件设计的基本知识、要点和步骤。第4篇为金属的机械加工，重点介绍了金属切削基本知识、机床、车床、组合机床及自动化、CNC以及CAD／CAM、CIFM和AAC等基础内容。

《专业英语(机械类)》可作为普通高等院校机械类各专业高年级相关专业基础课程的教材，可供普通高等工科院校机械工程类、近机械类专业以及其他工程类专业使用，还可以供高等职业技术学院、高等工业专科学校以及相关技术人员使用。

PART Ⅰ ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Chapter 1 Engineering Materials and Testing

 Unit 1 Engineering Materials

 Unit 2 Materials Characterization

 Unit 3 Testing and Inspection of Engineering Materials

 Unit 4 Hardness Tests

 Unit 5 Other Tests

Chapter 2  Ferrous Materials

 Unit 6 Pig-iron

 Unit 7 Steel Making

 Unit 8 Structures of Metals

 Unit 9 Equilibrium Diagram

 Unit 10 Isothermal Transformation Diagrams

 Unit 11 Heat Treatment of Steels

 Unit 12 Carbon Steel

Chapter 3 Alloy Steels and Non-ferrous Metals

Unit 13 Alloy Steels (I)

Unit 14 Alloy Steels (II)

Unit 15 Tool Steels and Carbide Cutting Materials

Unit 16 Stainless Steels

Unit 17 Surface Hardening

Unit 18 Cast Iron

Unit 19 Non-ferrous Metals (I)

Unit 20 Non-ferrous Metals (II)

PART Ⅱ CASTING, FORGING AND WELDING

Chapter 4 Casting

Unit 21 Introduction

Unit 22 Sand Casting

Unit 23 Simple Two-part Moulds

Unit 24 Non-Expendable Mould Casting

Unit 25 Some Methods for Casting and Defects in Castings

Unit 26 Preparation of Metal for Pouring

Chapter 5 Forging

Unit 27 Introduction

Unit 28  Forging Presses, Drop Forging and Defects in Forgings

Unit 29 Piercing, Blanking and Trimming

Unit 30 Bending, Forming and Drawing

Chapter 6 Welding

Unit 31 Introduction

Unit 32 Welding Processes and Some Methods for Welding

Unit 33 Gas Welding

Unit 34 Are Welding

Unit 35 Atomic Hydrogen, Shielded Arc Welding and Welding Maehines

Unit 36 Welding Position and Welding Joints

Unit 37 Inspection of Welding and Welding Properties of Different Materials

PART Ⅲ THEORY OF MACHINES AND

MECHANISMS, MECHANICAL DESIGN

Chapter 7 Theory of Machines and Mechanisms

Unit 38 Introduction

Unit 39 Degree of Freedom and Types of Kinematic Joints

Unit 40 Mechanisms

Unit 41 Mechanical Linkages

Unit 42 Cams

Unit 43 Gears

Chapter 8 Mechanical Design

Unit 44 Introduction

Unit 45 Fasteners

Unit 46 Types of Bearings

PART IV MACHINING OF METAL

Chapter 9 Machine Tools

Unit 47 Classification of Machine Tools

Unit 48 Action of a Cutting Tool

Chapter 10 Lathe

Unit 49 Brief Description of Typical Lathes

Unit 50 Methods of Holding the Workpieces and Lathe Tools

Unit 51 Twist Drills and Drilling Machines

Chapter 11 Transfer Machines and Automation

Unit 52 Transfer Machines

Unit 53 Automation and Contou-producing Machine Tools

Unit 54 Trace-controlled Servo-operated Machines

Unit 55 Tape and Film Control of Machine Tools and a Magenetic-tape System

Chapter 12 Computer Numerical Control

Unit 56 History

Unit 57 Numerical Control

Unit 58 Computer Numerical Control

Unit 59 Direct Numerical Control (DNC)

Unit 60 CAD/CAM and CIFM and Automatic Adaptive Control

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