Staff Profile
Dr Robert Frazer
Senior Engineer
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5519
- Address: Design Unit
缅北禁地
Unit B1 & B2
Wincomblee Road
Walker
缅北禁地 upon Tyne
NE6 3QS
Background
My role involves:
- leading the UK's National Gear Metrology Lab (NGML)- a UKAS accredited, Designated Institute (DI) for gear measurement and calibration. NGML is part of the UK's National Measurement System, supported by DSIT.
- leading gear measurement, design and specification work as part of the Design Unit team.
- developing and maintaining ISO and BSI standards. I am a member of BSI's MCE/5 technical committee that is responsible for over 100 standards relating to gears and shafts and also a member of ISO TC60 working groups WG2- gear accuracy and WG7 worm gears.
- supporting the British Gear Association (BGA) Technical Committee
- delivering BGA and Design Unit training courses and bespoke courses on gear technology.
Research
Transmission technology and gear measurement research.
Teaching
MEC 8029 Design of Mechanical Power Transmissions- MEng and MSc course
Publications
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Articles
- Reavie T, Frazer R, Shaw B. . Measurement Science and Technology 2025, 36(6), 065001.
- Reavie T, Frazer R. . Measurement Science and Technology 2024, 35(11), 115013.
- Przyklenk A, Reavie T, Stein M, Frazer R. . Engineering Research Express 2024, 6(1), 015094.
- Reavie T, Frazer R, Przyklenk A, Stein M. . Engineering Research Express 2024, 6(1), 015054.
- Reavie T, Frazer RC, Shaw B. Filtering effects on involute gear form measurement. Measurement Science and Technologu 2023, 34, 045006.
- Lisle TJ, Shaw BA, Frazer RC, Yang Y, Zhao L. . Power Transmission Engineering 2021, (August 2021), 42-47.
- Lisle TJ, Shaw BA, Frazer RC. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 2019, 233(5), 1713-1720.
- Reavie T, Koulin G, Frazer R, Wilson S, Shaw BA. . Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties 2018, 7(1), 015002.
- Koulin G, Zhang J, Frazer R, Wilson S, Shaw BA. . Measurement Science and Technology 2017, 28, 124006.
- Lisle T, Shaw BA, Frazer RC. . Mechanism and Machine Theory 2017, 111, 1-9.
- Clarke A, Jamali HU, Sharif KJ, Evan HP, Frazer R, Shaw B. . Tribology International 2017, 111, 184-191.
- Koulin G, Reavie T, Frazer R, Shaw BA. . Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties 2017, 6(1), 015001.
- Koulin G, Zhang J, Frazer RC, Shaw BA, Sewell I. . Measurement Science and Technology 2017, 28(5), 055004.
- Zhao L, Frazer RC, Shaw B. . Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 2016, 230(7-8), 1350-1358.
- Frazer RC, Bicker R, Cox B, Harary H, Hartig F. . Metrologia 2004, 41(1), 12-16.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)
- Reavie T, Frazer R, Lambert R, Wilson S, Pourmohammadi N, Aylott C, Shaw B. . In: Fall Technical Meeting. 2025, Detroit, MI: American Gear Manufacturers Association.
- Przyklenk A, Stein M, Reavie T, Frazer R. . In: American Gear Manufacturers Association Fall Technical Meeting 2021. 2021, Rosemont, Illinois: AGMA.
- Lisle TJ, Shaw BA, Frazer RC, Yang Y, Zhao L. . In: International Gear Conference. 2018, Lyon, France.
- Zhao L, Frazer RC, Shaw BA. . In: International Conference on Gears 2017. 2017, VDI Verlag GMBH.
- Bicker R, Frazer RC, Wehmeyer D. . In: 5th International Conference and Exhibition on Laser Metrology, CMM and Machine Tool Performance. 2001, Birmingham, UK: WIT Press, UK.