本书共13章，内容主要包括常用工程材料及热处理基础，金属塑性成形基础，锻造、轧制工艺及模具，挤压、拉拔工艺及模具，板料成形工艺及模具，常用模具材料及热处理，塑料成形工艺及模具，金属铸造工艺与模具，模具材料与寿命，金属和塑料成形设备，模具制造方法及模具CAD/CAM/CAE等。本书较全面地介绍了传统的塑性成形工艺与模具方面的知识，又兼顾了先进的塑性成形工艺与模具的制造工艺及方法。每节后都附有专业词汇、词组及注释。本书图文并茂，基本工艺、原理和结构、设备等大多附有图示说明，以利于学生阅读和理解课文，记忆和掌握专业词汇和术语。此外，本书还附有科技英语的特点及翻译方法与技巧、科技论文摘要写作介绍等方面的有关内容，可帮助学生提高阅读和翻译能力。
本书可作为高等院校材料成形及控制工程专业的本科生教材，也可作为相关专业的研究生教材，或供从事塑性成形及模具加工生产与研究开发工作的工程技术人员参考。

前言
CHAPTER 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF MATERIALS
1.1 Metals and Nonmetals
1.2 Ferrous Metals, Nonferrous Metals and Alloys
1.3 Polymers
1.4 Mechanical Properties of Materials
CHAPTER 2 HEAT TREATMENT OF METALS
2.1 Principle of Heat Treatment of Metals
2.2 Heat Treatment Processes
2.3 Heat Treatment of Die Materials
2.4 Surface Treatment of Die Materials
2.5 Heat-Treating Furnaces and Equipment
CHAPTER 3 FUNDAMENTALS OF METAL PLASTIC FORMING
3.1 Introduction of Metal Forming Processes
3.2 Cold, Warm and Hot Working
3.3 Elastic Deformation and Plastic Deformation
3.4 Stress-Strain Curve
3.5 Tresca and Von Mises Yield Criteria
CHAPTER 4 FORGING AND ROLLING PROCESSES AND DIES
4.1 Introduction of Forging Processes
4.2 Economics of Forging
4.3 Open-Die Forging Operations
4.4 Impression-Die and Closed-Die Forging Operations
4.5 Other Forging Operations
4.6 Rolling Processes
4.7 Forging Defects
4.8 Forging Die Design
CHAPTER 5 EXTRUSION AND DRAWING PROCESSES AND DIES
5.1 Introduction of Extrusion Processes
5.2 Hot Extrusion
5.3 Cold Extrusion
5.4 Extrusion Defects
5.5 Drawing Process and Die Design
CHAPTER 6 SHEET-METAL FORMING PROCESSES AND DIES
6.1 Introduction of Sheet-Metal Forming
6.2 Characteristics and Formability of ShOrt M'etals
6.3 Shearing Process
6.4 Blanking and Punching
6.5 Bending
6.6 Deep Drawing
6.7 Other Sheet-metal Forming Processes
6.8 Specialized Sheet-metal, Forming Processes
CHAPTER 7 PLASTICS FORMING PROCESSES AND MOLDS
7.1 Injection Molding
7.2 Extrusion and Sheet Forming of Plastics
7.3 Compression Molding
7.4 Plastic Component and Mould Design
CHAPTER 8 METAL-CASTING PROCESSES AND MOLDS
8.1 Introduction of Casting Processes
8.2 Sand Casting
8.3 Evaporative Pattern Casting
8.4 Investment Casting
8.5 Semi-Solid Metal Casting
8.6 Other Casting Methods
CHAPTER 9 MATERIALS AND FAILURE OF DIES
9.1 Selection of Die Materials
9.2 Principal Forms of Die Failure
9.3 General Conceptions and Criteria of Die Failure
9.4 Factors Influencing the Life and Failure of Dies
9.5 Procedures of Failure Analysis
CHAPTER 10 METALS AND PLASTICS FORMING MACHINES
10.1 Crank Presses
10.2 Screw Presses
10.3 Hydraulic Presses
10.4 Hammers
10.5 Injection Molding Machine
CHAPTER 11 DIE MANUFACTURING METHODS
11.1 Fabrication Procedures of Impression Dies
11.2 Conventional Machining of Die Components
11.3 Copy Milling and NC ( Numerical Control) Machining of Die Cavities
11.4 Electrical-Discharge Machining (EDM)
11.5 Electrochemical Machining (ECM)
11.6 Rapid Prototyping Manufacturing (RPM)
11.7 Rapid Tooling (RT) Technology
CHAPTER 12 CAD/CAM/CAE OF DIES
12.1 CAD
12.2 CAM
12.3 CAE
12.4 Introduction of CAD/CAM/CAE Software
CHAPTER 13 CHARACTERISTICS, WRITING AND TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
13.1 专业英语的语法特点
13.2 专业英语的翻译
13.3 论文标题的汉译英
13.4 论文摘要的撰写与翻译
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