Dr Chris Taylor
MEng, PhD, CEng, MIMechE
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Technical Fellow
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Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Factory of the Future, Advanced Manufacturing Park
Wallis Way, Catcliffe
Rotherham
S60 5TZ
- Profile
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Chris worked for manufacturer Black and Decker then was sponsored through an MEng in Mechanical Engineering at Bristol University. Chris completed a PhD then post-doctoral research at the University of Leeds.
He has since completed over 18 years’ post-doctoral research at the University of Sheffield, joining the AMRC’s Machining Group in 2010. Whilst at AMRC, Chris has led over 100 projects in Machinability then Sustainable Subtractive Processes, supervising 75 personnel including nine MSc and four EngD students.
Chris’s main research interests are evaluation and reduction of environmental impact in machining, including swarf recyclability and alternative process cooling, as well as having a wide interest in machining science.
Chris is co-author of over 20 peer-reviewed research articles, with upwards of 500 citations of his published research. He was a member of the local organising committee for two international conferences.
Chris was co-recipient of a BAE Systems Chairman’s Medal for innovations in cutting tool analysis, leading a £10,000 project to facilitate £1M cost savings. He featured significantly in a Sheffield REF2021 impact case study with over £135M cost savings corroborated, also protection of 400 UK jobs. He is a chartered engineer and has been lead inventor on an international patent.
- Qualifications
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PhD in Mechanical Engineering
- Research interests
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Chris’s research interests include: Machining Science; Metal Cutting; Sustainable Manufacturing; Additive Manufacturing.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Adhesive layer formation and its dual role in tribological performance and surface integrity of Ti-6Al-4V: implications for the machining process. Tribology International, 214, Part B. View this article in WRRO
- The tool wear and productivity impact of CO2 and emulsion-based cooling when milling diverse titanium alloys. Wear, 570, 206031-206031.
- Exploring the machinability of CrMnFeCoNi high entropy alloy and the effect of metal cutting fluids. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 19(3), 227-240.
- Role of CO2 cooling strategies in managing tool wear during the shoulder milling of grade 2 commercially pure titanium. Wear, 524-525. View this article in WRRO
- Resource-efficient performance testing of metalworking fluids utilizing single-point milling. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces.
- Investigating the industrial impact of hydraulic oil contamination on tool wear during machining and the development of a novel quantification methodology. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 112(1-2), 589-600. View this article in WRRO
- Development of an enhanced single point milling procedure to screen metalworking cutting fluid performance in terms of tool wear when machining aerospace alloys. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 235(10), 1644-1654.
- Investigating the performance of 410, PH13-8Mo and 300M steels in a turning process with a focus on surface finish. Materials & Design, 195.
- Control of deviations and prediction of surface roughness from micro machining of THz waveguides using acoustic emission signals. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 85, 1020-1034.
- The role of tool geometry in process damped milling. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 50(9-12), 883-895.
- Chatter, process damping, and chip segmentation in turning: A signal processing approach. J SOUND VIB, 329(23), 4922-4935.
- Modelling of Segmentation-Driven Vibration in Machining. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
- Design and Manufacture of Injection Mould Tool Inserts Produced Using Indirect SLS and Machining Processes. Rapid Prototyping Journal, 16(6), 429-440.
Conference proceedings
- Characterising resource usage for a supercritical carbon dioxide cooling and lubricating system used in machining processes. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 135 (pp 1186-1192). Manchester, UK, 7 April 2025 - 7 April 2025. View this article in WRRO
- Assessment of machine tool related environmental impacts for sustainable machining processes. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 135 (pp 1193-1201). Manchester, UK, 7 April 2025 - 7 April 2025. View this article in WRRO
- Milling of aerospace alloys using supercritical CO2 assisted machining. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 101 (pp 370-373). AMRC, Sheffield, UK, 24 May 2021 - 24 May 2021. View this article in WRRO
- Resource consumption and process performance in minimum quantity lubricated milling of tool steel. Procedia Manufacturing, Vol. 43 (pp 463-470). Shanghai, China, 9 October 2019 - 11 October 2019.
- Ultrasonic Vibration Assisted Milling of Aerospace Materials. Volume 2A: Advanced Manufacturing, 11 November 2019 - 14 November 2019.
- Cutting fluid application for titanium alloys Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al in a finish turning process. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 77 (pp 441-444). Budapest, Hungary, 25 June 2018 - 25 June 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Investigation of the influence of CO2 cryogenic coolant application on tool
wear. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 63 (pp 745-749). Karlsruhe, Germany View this article in WRRO
- The Influence of Alloy Chemistry on the Cutting Performance and Deformation Kinetics of Titanium Alloys During Turning. Procedia CIRP, Vol. 45 (pp 151-154). Charlotte, NC, USA, 8 June 2016 - 8 June 2016. View this article in WRRO
- Process Damping and Cutting Tool Geometry in Machining. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 26 (pp 012009-012009)
- Modelling and Development of a High Performance Milling Process with Monolithic Cutting Tools. AIP Conference Proceedings (pp 663-663)
- Manufacture of production quality injection mold tools using SLS and HSM. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - 2007 (pp 9-16)
- Direct selective laser sintering of tool steel powders to high density, Part A: Effects of laser beam width and scan strategy. Proceedings of the 2003 Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (pp 644-655). Texas, USA, 4 August 2003 - 4 August 2003. View this article in WRRO
- Direct selective laser sintering of tool steel powders to high density: part B – the effect on microstructural evolution. Proceedings of the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (pp 656-667). Austin, Texas, 4 August 2003 - 4 August 2003. View this article in WRRO
- Morphology of direct SLS-processed stainless steel layers. Proceedings of the 2002 International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (pp 530-537). Austin, Texas, USA, 5 August 2002 - 5 August 2002. View this article in WRRO
- Thermal experiments in direct metal laser sintering. Proceedings of Euro RP 2001. Paris, France, 7 June 2001 - 7 June 2001. View this article in WRRO
- Simulation and experimental verification of crystalline polymer and direct metal selective laser sintering. Proceedings of 2000 International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (pp 100-109). Texas, USA, 8 August 2000 - 8 August 2000. View this article in WRRO
Patents
- Method of machining hard material with a minimum of chip segmentation chatter. WO 2011/148157 A2 (Global). Appl. 05 Nov 2025.
Digital content
- AMRC staff present machining research to global audience.
Theses
- Direct laser sintering of stainless steel: thermal experiments and numerical modelling.
Presentations
- Multi-Objective Optimisation of Machining Processes with Supercritical CO2 and Minimum Quantity Lubrication. Cenaero, Belgium.
- Machinability of the Nickel Alloys Inconel 625 and Inconel 718. Aeromat 23 Conference and Exposition, American Society for Metals.
- Adhesive layer formation and its dual role in tribological performance and surface integrity of Ti-6Al-4V: implications for the machining process. Tribology International, 214, Part B. View this article in WRRO
- Research group
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Machining
- Grants
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Latest information can be found at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1325-7804
Chris has been involved in a number of research and dissemination / outreach projects, spanning various TRL’s, during his time at the AMRC’s Machining Group. Most recent projects include:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Council (EPSRC), Manufacturing the Future with Supercritical CO2 and Minimum Quantity Lubrication (PI). October 2021 - September 2024, £274,496.
University of Sheffield Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures (Grantham Opportunities Fund), Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing with Minimum Levels: of Harmful Emissions Energy and Resource Consumption, (PI), March 2019 - June 2019, £7,000.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Improved Productivity in Aerospace Materials Machining, (Co-I), June 2010 - January 2011, £35,000.