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Glass Experts Examine Interior Wall of Champagne Bottles

April 10, 2013 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

The gas in champagne and most other sparkling wines results from the addition of a small amount of sugar after fermentation has ended. After the sugar addition, bottle is capped. The sugar reacts with remnant yeast and converts to alcohol and carbon dioxide. Because the bottle is sealed, the CO2 gas enters the wine as […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Champagne Bottle, Glass, Interior Wall, M anufacturing Defect

Tempered Glass Oven Door Thermal Shock Test Failures

March 29, 2013 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

 Glass experts at Read Consulting  performed a glass failure analysis on several fully tempered glass oven doors that failed in an unexpected manner during thermal shock testing. 100% of these doors failed the glass thermal shock test. The subject tempered glass doors were painted with a 20µ thick picture frame on one side (top left […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Oven Door, Tempered Glass, Thermal Shock

Glass Experts Examine Hotel Window Defect

March 20, 2013 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

   The glass experts at Read Consulting performed a window defect analysis on defective windows at a hotel. The windows began to appear dirty, and no amount of cleaning could remove the “dirt”. When initially installed, the insulated glass (I.G.) windows appeared normal. However, over time they began to appear perpetually dirty. Using a microscope […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Hotel Window, Manufacturing Defect, Product Liability, Window Defect

California Window Expert Performs Tempered Glass Failure Analysis

March 5, 2013 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

California glass expert was asked to perform a glass failure analysis on a glass door that failed spontaneously, The failure analysis lab located the failure origin. The glass experts then examined the fracture surface at the origin, and they determined that the root cause of the failure was a nickel sulfide particle. The failure origin magnified 200X […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Tempered Glass, Window

Shot Glass Failure Analysis

February 3, 2013 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

The glass expert at Read Consulting failure analysis lab was asked to perform a failure analysis on a glass sliver removed from a woman’s stomach. The woman had been out drinking the night before, and the following morning had stomach pains. The cause of the pain was found to be a glass sliver logged in her stomach. Part of the analysis […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Shot Glass

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1435 Fulton Road Santa Rosa, CA
Phone: 707-494-5089
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