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●PART Ⅰ FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE DESIGN & MANUFACTURING 1 Unit 1　Metals 1 Reading Material 1　Stainless Steels 4 Unit 2　Selection of Construction Materials 8 Reading Material 2　Polymer and Composites 11 Unit 3　Mechanical Properties of Materials 14 Reading Material 3　Introduction to Mechanics of Materials 17 Unit 4　Application of Intensive Quenching Technology for Steel Parts 21 Reading Material 4　An Overview of Advances in Vacuum Heat Treatment 24 Unit 5　Design of Machine and Machine Elements 27 Reading Material 5　Design and Implementation of a Novel Dexterous Robotic Hand 30 Unit 6　Manufacturing Process（1） 34 Reading Material 6　Manufacturing Process （2） 36 Unit 7　Shaper，Planer，Milling and Grinding Machines 40 Reading Material 7　Lathe 42 Unit 8　Additive Manufacturing-3D Printing 46 Reading Material 8　Nontraditional Machining Processes 50 Unit 9　NC Machines 55 Reading Material 9　Numerical Control 58 Unit 10　Hydraulic System 61 Reading Material 10　Valves 64 Unit 11　Thermodynamics 68 Reading Material 11　Applications of Engineering Thermodynamics 71 Unit 12　Fluid Mechanics in Engineering 75 Reading Material 12　Micro-and Nanoflows 77 Unit 13　Compressors——General Type Selection Factors 81 Reading Material 13　Pumps 84 Unit 14　Quality Assurance and Control（1） 88 Reading Material 14　Quality Assurance and Control（2） 91 PART Ⅱ FUNDAMENTALS OF AUTOMATION 94 Unit 15　Control System Fundamentals 94 Reading Material 15　Applications of Automatic Control 97 Unit 16　Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Control 100 Reading Material 16　The Modes of Control Action 103 Unit 17　Feedback and Its Effects 107 Reading Material 17　Types of Feedback Control Systems 111 Unit 18　Adaptive Control 115 Reading Material 18　Digital Control Development 117 Unit 19　Artificial Intelligence（AI） 122 Reading Material 19　Programmable Logic Controllers 126 Unit 20　Measurement Systems 131 Reading Material 20　Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control 134 Unit 21　The World of Sensors 139 Reading Material 21　Signal Conversion 142 Unit 22　Introduction to Vibration 146 Reading Material 22　Vibration Analysis and Fault Diagnosis 149 PART Ⅲ COMPUTERIZED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES 153 Unit 23　What is“Mechatronics”? 153 Reading Material 23　Benefits of Mechatronics 157 Unit 24　Computerized Numerical Control（1） 159 Reading Material 24　Computerized Numerical Control（2） 161 Unit 25　Robots（1） 165 Reading Material 25　Robots（2） 167 Unit 26　Computer-Aided Manufacturing（1） 171 Reading Material 26　Computer-Aided Manufacturing（2） 174 Unit 27　Flexible Manufacturing Systems（1） 177 Reading Material 27　Flexible Manufacturing Systems（2） 180 Unit 28　Computer-Integrated Manufacturing（1） 183 Reading Material 28　Computer-Integrated Manufacturing（2） 186 Unit 29　Automatic Assembly 189 Reading Material 29　Intelligent Manufacturing Systems 192 Unit 30　Lean Production，Agile Manufacturing and Mass Customization Production 197 Reading Material 30　Virtual Manufacturing, Green Product Manufacturing and Micromachining Processes 199 Appendix 1　Vocabulary 203 Appendix 2　A List of Common Prefixes and Suffixes 224