JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY OF PLASTICITY vol.50 no.582 July 2009 ---CONTENTS--- Minor Special Issue on Recent Surface Treatment for Dies and Molds Essay Expectation for Dies and Molds for Plastic Working and Contribution of Surface Treatment Nobuhiro NIHIRA 1(591) Explanations Recent Trends in Development of Die and Mold Steels Yasushi TAMURA 2(592) Recent Trends in Heat Treatment of Die and Mold Steels Kunio NAMIKI 7(597) Recent Trends and Problems of Surface Treatment of Dies and Punches Masaru IKENAGA 12(602) Recent Topics on Nitriding Treatment of Dies and Molds Koji YATSUSHIRO 15(605) Application of Thermo-Reactive Deposition and Diffusion Treatment to Die and Mold Steels 　Used for Press-Forming Tools Masami SHIRATORI 20(610) Recent Industrial Application of Physical Vapor Deposition Hard Coatings for Plastic Working Tai KUMAGAI 25(615) Application of Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition to Dies and Molds Nobuhiro NIHIRA 30(620) Application of Hard Coatings Processed by Pulsed DC Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor 　Deposition to Dies and Molds Kazuki KAWATA 35(625) Advanced Thermal Spray Technology for Dies and Molds 　―High Velocity Flame Spraying― Mitsumasa SASAKI 40(630) Application of Electrodeposition 　―Hard Chrome Plating, Alloy Plating and Environmental Responsiveness― Ryokichi SHIMPO 45(635) Plasma Based Ion Implantation as Surface Treatment Technique Masahiro KAWAGUCHI 49(639) Reports Report of the 2009 Japanese Spring Conference for the Technology of Plasticity Hirohiko TAKUDA 53(643) Papers Cold Repeated Forming of Compact for Aluminum Foam Ken-ichiro MORI, Hikaru NISHIKAWA and Minoru ISHIGURO 55(645) Effect of Tension and Crash on Reduction in Wire Diameter during Wire Drawing with Two Concave Rolls Takashi KUBOKI, Yasunori SENZAKI, Makoto MURATA and Tomohiko NAKAMURA 60(650) Evaluation of Performance of DLC-Si Coating by Ball Penetration Test Kazuhiko KITAMURA, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Yoshinari TSUCHIYA and Kuniaki DOHDA 65(655) Copyright (C)1997-2009 JSTP. All Rights Reserved.