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Botle Manufacturing Defect

June 7, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

          Glass failure analysis expert performs a root cause failure analysis on a bottle failure. In this case a manufacturing defect was causing numerous failures on a manufacturing line. The tops of these small bottles were coming off. The upper left photomicrograph is with the two halves of the bottle re-assembled. […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Expert Witness, Manufacturing Defect

Wine Bottle Failure Analysis

May 26, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

    Glass failure analysis expert locates the origin of a failed wine bottle. Thye failure origin is at the top of the bottle on the inside rim. The origin is a crush spot on the inner rim. This was too high to be caused by a corkscrew. It is believed that the damage occurred […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Glass, Mechanical Damage, Wine Bottle

Glass Damage from Weld Spatter

May 6, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

At a new condominium complex, numerous windows were discovered to have been damaged by weld spatter. Upper left is a photograph of typical damage found on the affected windows. A glass expert examined the damage to determine if the windows could be repaired. A glass failure analysis was performed to evaluate the damage level. Microscopic […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Expert Witness, Photomicrograph, Weld Spatter, Window

Glass Expert Performs Sauce Bottle Glass Failure Analysis

April 26, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass expert peformed a bottle failure analysis on a broken bottle of steak sauce . Intitally it was stated that this was a new and unopened bottle; however, examination revealed that there was sauce on the bottle threads. In addition, the “band” below the plastic lid was not connected. From this it was concluded that […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Glass, Liability Hoax, Sauce Bottle

Failure Analysis Expert Discusses Metal Fatigue

March 31, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Failure analysis was performed on a failed pin from a large tractor. The upper right gives an overview of the pin. Upper left is a close up of the fracture surface. The fatigue crack originated at the top of the photo and progressed downward until the final overload failure.    

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Fatigue Crack, Metal Fatigue, Overload Failure, Tractor

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Read Consulting Failure Analysis

Thomas L. Read, PhD,
1435 Fulton Road Santa Rosa, CA
Phone: 707-494-5089
email: info@readconsulting.com

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