Safety Expert analyzes the cause of injury to a wakeboard user from a bungee cord on the wakeboard rack. The rack is a piece of sports equipment, and it is designed to hold two boards in place with two 19″ long bungee cords; each has a 1″ plastic ball on […]
Beer Bottle Impact Failure Analysis
Glass failure expert analyzed a failed beer bottle to determine if there was a product defect. It was stated that the bottle exploded when it was put into a cooler filled with ice. The failure analysis revealed that the bottle had been hit with a sharp object. The photograph on the left is the bottle […]
Tempered Safety Glass
California glass failure expert discusses the safety aspects of tempered glass; Tempered glass is safer than standard (i.e. annealed) glass because “dices” into small pieces under certain failure modes. In reality, the overall glass failure is driven by residual stresses put into the glass by the tempering process. That is, tempered glass “destroys” itself. If […]
Bottle Sealing Requirements
Glass expert discusses a manufacturing defect that can prevent the sealing of a bottle. The client was using a Polyseal 01 with a cap to seal 750 ml bottles of a solvent. These bottles were packaged 4 to a case and sent to customers. During shipping a fixed percentage of the bottles would leak. A […]
Pyrex Glass Bakeware
Glass expert discusses recent changes in glass bakeware: Traditionally glass bakeware was made from Pyrex type glass (i.e. borosilicate) glass. Borosilicate glass has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than soda lime glass, and therefore, stresses generated by thermal gradients are less. This has changed. Now glass bakeware is made from tempered soda lime glass. […]
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