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