contents前言chapter 1?fundamentals of machine manufacturingunit 1 third-angle projectionunit 2 engineering materialsunit 3 manufacturing processes of materialschapter 2?properties and use of materialsunit 1 mechanical properties of materialsunit 2 physical properties of materialsunit 3 metals and their usechapter 3?fundamentals of metallurgyunit 1 crystal structure of metalsunit 2 the fe-fe3c phase diagramunit 3 solidification of metalschapter 4?heat treatment of metalsunit 1 structure of alloys and phase diagramsunit 2 three stages of annealingunit 3 heat treating of tool steelschapter 5?casting alloysunit 1 ferrous alloys (steels)unit 2 ferrous alloys (cast irons)unit 3 nonferrous alloyschapter 6?melting furnaces of metalsunit 1 the cupolaunit 2 other melting furnaceschapter 7?foundry processesunit 1 the foundryunit 2 patternsunit 3 molding machinesunit 4 gating systemsunit 5 design considerationschapter 8?special casting processesunit 1 die castingunit 2 centrifugal castingunit 3 lost-foam castingchapter 9?advanced casting technologyunit 1 foundries and foundry automationunit 2 semi-solid metal processingchapter 10?forming methods of engineering materialsunit 1 soldering and weldingunit 2 hot working and cold working processesunit 3 plastic processingappendixappendix a translation knowledge（翻譯知識）appendix b translated texts（課文參考譯文）references