Read Consulting Failure Analysis Laboratory was engaged to determine the cause of failure of a 12 oz beer bottle. This bottle was said to have exploded and caused injury to a person. The explanation was that the bottle spontaneously exploded as it was being pushed into a cooler filled with ice. Discussion The cause of […]
Glass Failure Analysis of Borosilicate Glass Coffee Press
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. […]
Sun Tea Jar Glass Failure Analysis; This is a Design Defect
Read Consulting was engaged to determine the cause for the injury to a user of a sun tea jar. While lifting the sun tea jar by its handle, the jar fell out of the top and broke. When this occurred, the user tried to grasp the jar as it was falling and was injured by […]
Corrugated Cardboard Box Failure Analysis
Read Consulting was asked to analyze an accident in which an employee was lifting a Corrugated box containing 12 bottles of soda water from which a bottle fell through the bottom; it exploded, and caused an eye injury. The cardboard container was being lifted (as expected by the box manufacturer) with the box’s hand holes. […]
Winery Bottle Manufacturing Defects
Read Consulting, a glass failure analysis laboratory, was hired to analyze defective glass bottles. These bottles arrived from the manufacturer with defects. Because only still wine is to be bottled, none of the defects discovered can cause cracking. Below are details of the two prevalent bottle defects from the glass bottle manufacturer. Blank Tear […]
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