Dr Chris Taylor

MEng, PhD, CEng, MIMechE

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Technical Fellow

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c.m.taylor@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Chris Taylor
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Factory of the Future, Advanced Manufacturing Park
Wallis Way, Catcliffe
Rotherham
S60 5TZ
Profile

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

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Research interests

Chris’s research interests include: Machining Science; Metal Cutting; Sustainable Manufacturing; Additive Manufacturing.

Publications

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

Patents

  • Taylor CM () Method of Machining. WO 2011/148157 A2 Appl. 01 Jan 1970. RIS download Bibtex download

Website content

  • Taylor C AMRC staff present machining research to global audience. RIS download Bibtex download

Theses / Dissertations

  • Taylor C (2004) Direct laser sintering of stainless steel: thermal experiments and numerical modelling. RIS download Bibtex download

Presentations

  • Taylor C, Turner S & Arrazola P Machinability of the Nickel Alloys Inconel 625 and Inconel 718. Aeromat 23 Conference and Exposition, American Society for Metals. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Machining

Grants

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.