Unit One Mold Materials and Heat Treatment 1
Passage One Engineering Materials 1
Passage Two Kinds of Steel 4
Passage Three Polymers 8
Passage Four Mold Materials 13
Passage Five Heat Treatment of Metals 18
Unit Two Mold Processes 26
Passage One Rotary Bending 26
Passage Two Fine Blanking 29
Passage Three Basic Stretch Forming 33
Passage Four Deep Drawing and Ironing 36
Unit Three Mold Constructions 40
Passage One Plastics Forming and Molds 40
Passage Two Three-plate Injection Molds 43
Passage Three Pressure Casting Dies 49
Passage Four Piercing Die and Blanking Die Design 55
Unit Four Manufacturing Technology of Mold 66
Passage One Numerical Control 66
Passage Two Electric Discharge Machining 73
Passage Three Wire Electrical Discharge Machining(Wire EDM) 79
Passage Four Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing 85
Passage Five Electrochemical Machining(ECM) 90
Unit Five CAD/CAM/CAE 96
Passage One AutoCAD 96
Passage Two The Computer in Die Design 102
Passage Three CAD/CAM 106
Passage Four Computer Integrated Manufacturing System 112
Passage Five CAE 117
Glossary 124
References 134