Dr Paul Comley
Senior Research Design Engineer
Location: Building 70, Cranfield campus
E: p.comley@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 750111 x2994
Materials
Current activities
- Diamond Turning
- Large Scale CMM Metrology of Optical Segments
- Aspheric Generator
- Micromachining
- Grinding Technology.
Clients
- Technium OpTIC
- NPL
- Element 6
- Gooch & Housego
Background
Dr Paul Comley works as a Senior Research Engineer in the Precision Engineering Centre within the Materials Department. His responsibilities include tactile metrology together with machine system and process research within the field of precision engineering, current examples include the establishment of a high precision aspheric generator within the structured surfaces facility, and the metrology of mirror segments for the ESO ELT programme.
Paul qualified and worked as a mechanical engineer in the aerospace industry before gaining a scholarship with NPL to successfully undertake an MSc in Metrology. Going on to gain a PhD for research into grinding technology and the associated effects on surface integrity, he worked for Cranfield Precision Engineering, a company specialising in the design and manufacture of high precision machine tools. Initially with responsibilities for diamond turning activities, then machine tool calibration, process development, and finally grinding R&D for Cranfield Precision and its parent organisation Landis Lund. Whilst engaged within R&D he worked closely on research with a number of universities and industrial organisations, participating in both European and EPSRC collaborative programmes. He has published and presented the research within CIRP, ISAAT, and ENSAM and made the keynote at LEM21 in Japan. Professional qualifications include Fellow of the CQI , CQP and MIET.
Selected publications
- Stephenson D.J. Comley P. High Performance Superabrasive Grinding Keynote paper - LEM21 Nov 2007 – Leading Edge Manufacturing in the 21st Century
- Comley P. Pflager W. Walton I. Stephenson D.J. The Production of Automotive Crankshafts using a High Material Removal Rate Grinding Process ISAAT 2007 – Advances in Abrasive Technology
- Comley P. Walton I. Jin T. Stephenson D.J A High Material Removal Rate Grinding Process for the Production of Automotive Crankshafts CIRP Aug 2006 - Annals of the CIRP Vol. 55/1/2006
- Comley P. Miller G.J High Production Rate Grinding of Automotive Crankshafts With Environmental Waste Management ENSAM May 2006 – 2nd International Conference on Abrasion
- Comley P. Stephenson D.J. Corbett J. High Efficiency Deep Grinding and the Effect on Surface Integrity ISAAT 2003 – Advances in Abrasive Technology
- Comley P. Smith N.P. Pearce T.R.A Smith D.J. Ashfold M.N.R The Performance and Wear Behaviour of Diamond Fibre Grinding Wheels when Grinding Glass ISAAT 2003 – Advances in Abrasive Technology
- Comley P. Stephenson D.J. Corbett J. Towards a More Efficient Grinding Process IOM 2002 – 5th International Conference on Behaviour of Materials in Machining
