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Part 1 Mechanical Materials and Heat Treatment

  1.1 Ferrous Metals and Their Use

  1.2 Nonferrous Metals

  1.3 Ceramics and Other Materials

  1.4 Castings

  1.5 Forging

  1.6 Welding

  1.7 Heat Treatment

  1.8 Engineering Material

Part 2 Mechanical Elements and Mechanisms

  2.1 Transmission

  2.2 Gear

  2.3 Belt Drive

  2.4 Coupling

  2.5 Bearing

  2.6 Hydraulic Machineries and Hydraulic Circuits

  2.7 Hydraulic Pump and Control Valve

  2.8 Other Components of Hydraulic System

  2.9 Properties of Hydraulic Fluids

  .Part 3 Mechanical Design

  3.1 Mechanical Design

  3.2 Elementary Rules of Mechanical Design

  3.3 Engineering Tolerance

  3.4 Design Method (I)

  3.5 Design Method (II)

  3.6 Reliability Engineering

  3.7 Computer Aided Design

Part 4 Mechanical Manufacturing

  4.1 Metal Working

  4.2 Tool Bit

  4.3 Materials for Cutting Tools

  4.4 Tool wear

  4.5 Cutting fluid

  4.6 Lathe

  4.7 Speeds and Feeds

  4.8 Computer Aided Manufacturing

Part 5 Advanced Manufacturing

  5.1 Computer Integrated Manufacturing

  5.2 Flexible Manufacturing System

  5.3 Agile Manufacturing

  5.4 Virtual Manufacturing

  5.5 Intelligent Manufacturing

  5.6 Concurrent Engineering

Part 6 Mechatronics

  6.1 Introduction to Control Systems

  6.2 Structure and Characteristics of Control System

  6.3 Compensation Techniques

  6.4 Digital Control

  6.5 Building Appropriate Mathematical Models for a Control System

  6.6 PLC and Its History

  6.7 Mechatronic Research and Development

  6.8 Numerical Controlled (NC) Machines

  6.9 Industrial Robot

  6.10 Benefits of Mechatronics

Part 7 Extensional Reading

  7.1 New Austenitic Stainless Tube with Superior High Temperature Strength

  7.2 Automated Guided Vehicle

  7.3 Reverse Engineering

  7.4 Lean Manufacturing

  7.5 Enterprise Resource Planning

  7.6 Other Manufacturing Technology

  7.7 Sustainable Design

  7.8 Knowledge-based Engineering

  7.9 Computer Simulation

  7.10 Who Owns Mechatronics?

  7.11 Coal Handling System and Equipment for Power Stations in China

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