Read Consulting failure analysis laboratory was asked to examine a failed coffee pot that had been abraded with a cleaning pad and then subjected to a series of thermal shock cycles. The pot was heated to 190°C then immediately immersed in 10°C water. The pot appeared to survive till the 51st cycle. On this cycle […]
Read Consulting Failure Analysis Blog
In addition, READ CONSULTING provides services to industry in the areas of failure analysis, process development and process improvement. Read Consulting is prepared to use its experience and expertise to analyze customers' specific problems.
Chair Failure Analysis, Plastic Lawn Chair
A failed plastic chair was submitted to our failure analysis laboratory for examination. The right rear leg had broken off; however, the initial chair failure occurred on the left rear side. The left rear leg separated from the chair body due to poor bonding and molding porosity at the top of the leg. The failure […]
Failure Analysis of Restaurant Glass Coffee Mug
Failure analysis laboratory performed a root cause failure analysis on a restaurant glass coffee mug that failed unexpectedly when it was lifted off the table and injured a server. The bottom of the mug separated from the rest of the mug . The origin of the failure was on the interior of the mug at […]
Glass Expert performs a Failure Analysis of a Wine Glass
California glass expert performed a failure analysis on a failed wine glass. Glass failure analysis requires locating the fracture origin. The origin is then analyzed microscopically to determine the cause of failure. In this case the failure origin was on the rim of the glass. At the failure origin is a very small mirror fracture […]
Assessing Already Broken Tempered Glass
Glass Expert at Read Consulting is asked to assess whether a broken window or shower door was fully tempered. One method is to select the ten largest “crack free” pieces and determine if these can fit into a 10 square inch area. In the photo above, a 3″ X 3″ (approximately 10 square inches) “frame” […]
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