《优选制造技术（英文版）（第五版）》为英文版教材，是参考近年来国外出版的20多本英文原版专著和教材编写而成的。
《优选制造技术（英文版）（第五版）》共分为三部分：部分介绍了计算机在制造业中的作用，并对因特网的诞生、历史沿革和结构作了初步介绍；第二部分主要介绍CAD/CAM、数控加工、柔性制造系统、计算机集成制造系统和高速切削加工；第三部分是《优选制造技术（英文版）（第五版）》的重点，系统介绍了近年来优选制造技术的几个主要内容——敏捷制造、增材制造、基于环境意识的设计与制造、纳米技术和微纳制造、生物制造和智能制造。为便于读者学习，在《优选制造技术（英文版）（第五版）》的每一章末都对一些疑难句子作了详细注释，并在书后附有《优选制造技术（英文版）（第五版）》的总词汇表和AMT常用缩略语。
《优选制造技术（英文版）（第五版）》可作为机械设计制造及其自动化、测控技术与仪器、工业工程、环境工程等专业的高年级本科生的双语教材，也可用作其他相关专业人员的现代制造技术英文培训教材。

Part I Computers in Manufacturing
1 Computer-Aided Production and Control Systems（计算机辅助生产与控制系统）
1.1 Automation Concepts
1.2 Evolution of Automation
1.3 Goals of Automation
1.4 Engineering
1.5 Business
1.6 Computer Control of Manufacturing Systems
注释
2 Internet（因特网）
2.1 Services Supported by Internet
2.2 Who Uses the Internet?
2.3 Internet Origins
注释
3 The Role of the World Wide Web（WWW）in Manufacturing（万维网在制造中的作用）
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Globalization for Customer-Oriented Manufacturing
3.3 The Role of the World Wide Web
3.4 Global Collaborative Manufacturing and WWW
3.5 Web and Manufacturing Practice
3.6 Global Manufacturing on the Web
3.7 Cloud Computing & Cloud Manufacturing
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Part II Automated Manufacturing
4 Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing（计算机辅助设计与制造）
4.1 Rationale for CAD/CAM
4.2 Historical Development of CAD/CAM
4.3 Computers and Design
4.4 CAD-to-CAM Interface
4.5 CAD/CAM Hardware
4.6 CAD/CAM Software
4.7 CAD/CAM Database
4.8 2-D Versus 3-D Software
4.9 CAD System Examples
4.10 Animation and CAD/CAM
4.11 CAD/CAM Selection Criteria
注释
5 Numerical Control（数控技术）
5.1 Historical Background
5.2 Computer Numerical Control
5.3 Principles of NC Machines
5.4 Types of Control Systems
5.5 Accuracy in Numerical Control
5.6 Advantages and Limitations of NC
5.7 Programming for Numerical Control
5.8 Machining Centers
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6 Flexible Manufacturing（柔性制造）
6.1 Historical Development of Flexible Manufacturing
6.2 Rationale for Flexible Manufacturing
6.3 Flexible Manufacturing System Components
6.4 The Hierarchical Nature of Production Control
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7 Computer Integrated Manufacturing（计算机集成制造）
7.1 Historical Development of CIM
7.2 CIM Wheel
7.3 Benefits of CIM
7.4 CIM-related Standards
7.5 Group Technology and CIM
7.6 Process Planning and CIM
7.7 Computer-aided Process Planning
7.8 Manufacturing Resources Planning and CIM
注释
8 High-Speed Cutting（HSC）（高速切削）
8.1 Definition
8.2 Introduction to High-Speed Cutting
8.3 Applications of High-Speed Cutting
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Part III Manufacturing Technology Facing the 21st Century Introduction—What will 21st Century Manufacturing Look Like?
9 Agile Manufacturing（敏捷制造）
9.1 Introduction
9.2 AM—a New Manufacturing Strategy
9.3 AM is a Production Mode of the 21st Century
9.4 Summary
注释
10 Additive Manufacturing（增材制造）
10.1 Introduction
10.2 AM Processes and Materials
10.3 Applications of Additive Manufacturing
10.4 Advantages of AM for Production
10.5 Next-generation Additive Manufacturing
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11 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing（基于环境意识的设计与制造）
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Overview
11.3 Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing
11.4 Environmental Engineering
11.5 Summary
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12 Nanotechnology and Micromachine（纳米技术与微机械）
12.1 Nanotechnology
12.2 Micromachines
12.3 Fabrication of Microelectronic Devices
12.4 Summary
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13 Biofabrication（生物制造）
13.1 Introduction
13.2 A 21st Century Manufacturing Paradigm
13.3 Growing Arsenal of Biofabrication Technologies
13.4 Practical Applications of Biofabrication Technologies
13.5 Prospects for the Future
注释
14 AI-Intelligent Manufacturing-Intelligent Robot（人工智能-智能制造-智能机器人）
14.1 What is AI?
14.2 Intelligent Manufacturing Systems（IMS）
14.3 Intelligent Robots
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参考文献
世界著名机械工程学会名录
总词汇表
AMT缩略词汇表