Read Consulting failure analysis lab was asked to determine the cause of failure of a small glass cosmetic bottle that had failed in on the filling line as the cap was being tightened. A glass failure analysis was performed using a low power microscope. The root cause of the failure was a chill check on […]
Read Consulting Failure Analysis Blog
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Glass Expert Discusses Modern Auto Windshields
California glass expert has been involved with evaluation automobile windshields. One way car manufacturers can increase automobile mileage is to decrease weight. A part of this effort has been to reduce the weight of automobile windshields. This is done by reducing the thickness of the windshield. Upper left is a representative cross section of a […]
Glass Expert Analyzes Drinking Glass Failure
The glass experts at Read Consulting were asked to perform a glass failure analysis on a drinking glass that had failed in a restaurant and had injured a customer. The customer had just filled the glass with cold water and was lifting it when it fell apart causing an injury. failure analysis determined that the […]
Glass Expert Performs a Window Defect Analysis
California glass expert was asked to analyze a window defect that appears as a streak in the window. The glass failure analysis showed that the streaks in the window were strings of bubbles near the surface of the glass. Upper right is a photograph of the window defect which appears as streaks. Upper left is […]
Glass Failure Analysis: Tempered Glass Pot Cover
California glass expert performs a root cause failure analysis on a failed tempered glass pot cover. The pot cover failed “spontaneously” in the users home, and the handle with captured glass was submitted to the California failure analysis lab for evaluation. The failure was caused by the interaction of the handle hardware (i.e. cup washer) […]
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