Dr Christopher Dredge

As an EngD project with a strong industrial focus, Dr Dedge's primary goal was to address a practical problem: the industrial application aimed to enhance chip control for a new titanium alloy. The second output, serving as a bridge between academia and industry, focused on understanding the fundamental mechanisms for chip control and their influence on machinability as a whole. 

The research involved conducting machining trials on material obtained from full-scale component operations and utilizing small-scale cutting test rigs. The samples, no larger than 15 x 15 x 60 mm, were developed at the University to streamline the development process for future emerging titanium alloys.