Dr Lloyd Tinkler

MEng PhD CEng MIET

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Technical Fellow - Electrical Materials

Dr Lloyd Tinkler, Integrated Manufacturing Group, AMRC
Dr Lloyd Tinkler, Integrated Manufacturing Group, AMRC
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l.tinkler@sheffield.ac.uk
Factory 2050

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Dr Lloyd Tinkler
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Factory 2050
Sheffield Business Park
Sheffield
S9 1ZA
Profile

Lloyd holds a MEng in electronic engineering from the University of Hull, and a PhD from the University of Sheffield for his research on the optical nonlinearities of semiconductor waveguides. He is registered as a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
 

Lloyd leads work at the AMRC developing novel processes for the manufacture of electrical machines in demanding applications such as aerospace, heavy- and niche-automotive etc. He leads a portfolio of collaborative R&D projects and the AMRC's research activity in the .

Qualifications

MEng PhD CEng MIET

Research interests

Lloyd’s research interests include: Electrical Machines Manufacture; Laser Processing of Electrical Steels; Coil Winding; Robot Accuracy

Publications

Journal articles

  • De Gaetano D, Winter A, Tinkler L & Chen X (2025) . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 61(10), 1-7.
  • Asif S, Bueno M, Ferreira P, Anandan P, Zhang Z, Yao Y, Ragunathan G, Tinkler L, Sotoodeh-Bahraini M, Lohse N , Webb P et al (2025) . Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 92, 102862-102862.
  • Jones LM, Winter A, Tinkler L, Jewell GW & Ghadbeigi H (2024) . Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 607.
  • Clift L, Tiwari D, Scraggs C, Hutabarat W, Tinkler L, Aitken JM & Tiwari A (2022) . Robotics, 11(1).
  • Sawyer D, Tinkler L, Roberts N & Diver R (2020) . SAE Technical Papers, 2020(March).
  • Liaqat A, Hutabarat W, Tiwari D, Tinkler D, Harra D, Morgan B, Taylor A, Lu T & Tiwari A (2019) . The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 104(9-12), 4617-4628.
  • Walker PM, Tinkler L, Royall B, Skryabin DV, Farrer I, Ritchie DA, Skolnick MS & Krizhanovskii DN (2017) . Physical Review Letters, 119(9).
  • Walker PM, Tinkler L, Skryabin DV, Yulin A, Royall B, Farrer I, Ritchie DA, Skolnick MS & Krizhanovskii DN (2015) . Nature Communications, 6.
  • Tinkler L, Walker PM, Clarke E, Krizhanovskii DN, Bastiman F, Durska M & Skolnick MS (2015) . Applied Physics Letters, 106(2).
  • Walker PM, Tinkler L, Durska M, Whittaker DM, Luxmoore IJ, Royall B, Krizhanovskii DN, Skolnick MS, Farrer I & Ritchie DA (2013) . Applied Physics Letters, 102(1).

Conference proceedings

  • Winter A, Forrest SJ, Coukham J, Mason R, Kizhisseri AJ & Tinkler L (2024) . 2024 14th International Electric Drives Production Conference (EDPC) (pp 1-8), 26 November 2024 - 27 November 2024.
  • Elkington H, Mason B, Leering M, Chen X, Winter A, Tinkler L, Sezer K & Marimuthu S (2024) . Procedia CIRP, Vol. 124 (pp 505-508)
  • Ward MJ, Tinkler L, Chen X, Atkinson G, Paterson L, Miscandlon J, Jewell GW & O'Keefe L (2023) . IET Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2023(29) (pp 15-19)
  • Tinkler L, Winter A, Gibson R & Jewell GW (2023) . 2023 13th International Electric Drives Production Conference (EDPC) (pp 1-5), 29 November 2023 - 30 November 2023.
  • Pisanelli G, Winter A, Beauchamp A, Macdonald M, Tinkler L & Jewell GW (2023) . 2023 13th International Electric Drives Production Conference (EDPC) (pp 1-10), 29 November 2023 - 30 November 2023.
  • Winter A, Tinkler L & Jewell GW (2022) . IET Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2022(4) (pp 708-711)
  • Winter A, Cooke G, Birchall J & Tinkler L (2021) . 2021 11th International Electric Drives Production Conference (EDPC) (pp 1-8), 7 December 2021 - 9 December 2021.
  • Walker PM, Whittaker C, Tinkler L, Sich M, Cancelliery E, Skryabin DV, Gorbach A, Yulin A, Royall B, Farrer I , Ritchie DA et al (2016) . 2016 International Conference Laser Optics (LO), 27 June 2016 - 1 July 2016.
  • Tinkler L, Walker PM, Royall B, Krizhanovskii DN, Skolnick MS, Skryabin DV, Yulin AV, Farrer I & Ritchie DA (2014) . Advanced Photonics (pp NW4A.2-NW4A.2), 2014.
  • Hong BH, Tinkler L, Beaumont M, Rybchenko SI, Itskevich IE, Haywood SK & Hugues M (2013) . AIP Conference Proceedings (pp 506-507)

Datasets

  • Walker P, Tinkler L, Royall B, Skryabin DV, Farrer I, Ritchie DA, Skolnick M & Krizhanovskii D .

Preprints

  • Walker PM, Tinkler L, Royall B, Skryabin DV, Farrer I, Ritchie DA, Skolnick MS & Krizhanovskii DN (2017) , arXiv.
  • Tinkler L, Walker PM, Skryabin DV, Yulin A, Royall B, Farrer I, Ritchie DA, Krizhanovskii DN & Skolnick MS (2014) , arXiv.
Research group

Integrated Manufacturing Group (IMG)

Grants

Lloyd has been involved in a number of research projects, spanning various TRL’s, during his time at the AMRC. Most recent projects include: 

  • EPSRC, Reconfigurable robotics for responsive manufacture - R3M, (Co-investigator), September 2021-September 2024, £1.6M (£364,000 to AMRC): Grant reference: EP/V051180/1
  • EPSRC, Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub, (Research Associate), April 2019 - March 2026, £10.4M (£1.7m to AMRC): Grant reference: EP/S018034/1
  • APC, Industrialisation of Magtec Motors, (Research Associate), January 2020 - November 2022, £15.3M (£350,000 to AMRC).