Read Consulting, a California failure analysis laboratory, was asked to determine the root cause of the failure of tempered glass patio doors. Installed in 2019–2020-time frame. A year after installation several glass doors spontaneously failed. Read Consulting performed a root cause failure analysis on representative doors. The results indicate that the plate glass (i.e., the […]

 Figure #1: Overview of glass encapsulated diode,     Glass to metal seals perform an important role in electronic circuit assembly and packaging. Many sensitive devices, such as diodes, are encapsulated in glass to metal seals. These are then surface mounted onto circuit boards. Read Consulting has extensive experience with glass to metal seals (GTMS) […]

Over the years, Read Consulting glass failure analysis laboratory has performed numerous glass failure analyses on broken borosilicate glass coffee presses. The presses are made from 2 to 3mm thick annealed low expansion borosilicate glass. The low expansion glass is required to reduce thermal shock when hot liquid is poured into the cold glass container. […]