Poor Welding of a CarrierPipe Joint There was no Melting on a part of the joint Read Consulting, a California failure analysis lab, has performed numerous plastic failure analysis on various types of plastic pipe. This includes PVC, CPVC, Delrin and Polypropylene. In this case a plastic failure analysis was performed on a failed containment waste […]
Storage Tank Failures, Tank Failure Analysis
Storage tanks have a finite lifetime, and they should be carefully inspected annually. Read Consulting has performed numerous storage tank failure analysis. Steel tank failures were caused by corrosion. PVC tanks failures were caused by UV degradation of the polymer. Attached are two representative photos of tank failures analyzed in the past. One failure was […]
Failure Analysis Lab Analyzes Shower Door Failure
Installed Shower Door Top Roller at Stop Disassembled Roller Fracture Surface at Origin Tempered glass shower doors have been modernized. Recent designs have the doors suspended by rollers that ride on a pipe. In certain cases the door stop is on the top. In this case, the roller is stopped by a rubber […]
Failure Analysis Lab performs Electronic Failure Analysis
Array of Pogo Pins Top of Pogo Pin at Mag. 30 X Cross sectioned Pogo Pins at Mag. 5 X Read Consulting Failure Analysis Labs often perform electronic failure analysis for various manufacturers. The objective is to determine the root cause of the failure and help the manufacturer correct the problem.In this case, a company […]
Tempered Glass Expert Discusses Tempered Glass Fracture Surfaces
Fracture Surface of Thermally Tempered Glass Fracture Surface of Chemically Tempered Glass The Glass Expert Witness at Read Consulting have performed hundreds of glass failure analysis on tempered glass pieces. These include both thermally tempered and chemically tempered glass. Thermally tempered glass has compressive stress on its surfaces. The thickness pf the compressive layer is a […]
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