A woman was leaning on a sink in a public restroom. She was resting on one arm while looking into a mirror above the sink. Suddenly the sink fell off the wall and injured her foot. The cause of failure was severe corrosion of the cast iron bracket that held the sink to the sall. […]
Corrosion Caused Fruit Juicer to Injure an Employee
A large fruit juicer was being moved and it tipped over. Inspection revealed that the two rear caster wheels were “frozen”. In fact, flats had been worn on them from sliding the machine while the two rear wheels would not rotate. Corrosion (i.e. rusting) of the galvanized steel axel and galvanized axel “sleeve” caused seizing […]
Porcelain Tiolet Tank Failure Analysis
Tank as received Approximate Origin Impact Point Wallner Lines at the Origin After a porcelain toilet tank failed, […]
Failure Analysis of Cracked Glass Pool Tiles
Introduction Transparent glass tiles were mounted to the surface a new swimming pool. These tiles were set onto the walls and floor of the pool using a white thin set mortar. After installation the pool walls where defect free. However, some time after the pool was filled with water many of the tiles showed cracks. […]
Window Defect Failure Analysis
Read Consulting glass experts were asked to determine the root cause of window failures at a recently built hotel. Over the period of two to three years, the windows began to appear as if they were dirty with a swirly pattern. Attempts to clean off the “dirt” were unsuccessful. As a result a number of […]
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