Glass expert performs a glass failure analysis on a cracked automobile windshield. Records show that the windshields on this particular make and model of automobile are cracking at a very high rate. The windshield shown here is the third replacement in two years. In this case, glass failure analysis shows that the crack started at […]
Tempered Glass Expert Describes Failure Origin for Tempered Glass
Glass failure analysis expert demonstrates how to locate the origin of a tempered glass failure. Glass failure analysis of a tempered glass piece is difficult (if not impossible) because tempered glass fracture results in many small pieces. In many cases the glass failure falls apart and there is no pattern left to trace […]
Glass Failure Analysis Expert Discusses Metal Clad Wood Windows
Glass failure expert re-visits the window reliability of metal clad wood windows. Recently, numerous entities are suing various window manufacturers because of premature window failure (i.e. poor window reliability) of various brands of metal clad wood windows. These window failures are not manufacturer dependant; they are a result of the fact that these are metal […]
Glass Expert Discusses Potential Manufacturing Defect
A manufacturing defect was claimed by a purchaser of a bottle of wine. The bottle defect claim was that there were three pieces of foreign material in the wine. The photograph above shows the food contamination. Two are pieces of glass that appear to match the top of the contaminated bottle. The third piece is […]
Manufacturing Engineer and Factory Safety Engineer Discusses Bungee Cords
Manufacturing Engineer discusses bungee cord safety from a safety engineering view point. Stretching a bungee cord imparts a significant amount of potential energy into the system that can be released and make the end hook a dangerous projectile. There are safety warnings on most cords; however, these are often ignored or torn off. It has […]
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