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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.

Glass Failure Analysis of Swimming Pool Tiles

July 28, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure analysis expert performs a failure analysis of cracked glass swimming pool tiles. The photo on the upper left is of one of the cracked tiles. This is a clear glass tile made from re-cycled glass. The failure analysis, photo on the upper right, shows that these tiles were cracking from the backside of […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Pool Tiles, Swimming Pool, Tile

Glass Bottle Failure Analysis

July 19, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure analysis expert performed a root cause failure analysis on a bottle failure. The cap on this bottle had not been removed. The failure analysis revealed a manufacturing defect on the bottle interior. On the upper left photo is a 30X photomicrograph of a portion of the origin on the fracture surface. The arrows […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Glass, Photomicrograph, Product Defect

Glass Failure Analysis of Tramp Glass

June 22, 2009 By Tom Read 2 Comments

As a part of a product liability case, a glass failure expert was asked to determine if a piece of “tramp glass” found by a consumer (Upper left photo) was put into the bottle after it was opened. There was a companion bottle from the same six pack that also had glass contamination(upper right photo). […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Manufacturing Defect, Tramp Glass

Botle Manufacturing Defect

June 7, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

          Glass failure analysis expert performs a root cause failure analysis on a bottle failure. In this case a manufacturing defect was causing numerous failures on a manufacturing line. The tops of these small bottles were coming off. The upper left photomicrograph is with the two halves of the bottle re-assembled. […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Expert Witness, Manufacturing Defect

Wine Bottle Failure Analysis

May 26, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

    Glass failure analysis expert locates the origin of a failed wine bottle. Thye failure origin is at the top of the bottle on the inside rim. The origin is a crush spot on the inner rim. This was too high to be caused by a corkscrew. It is believed that the damage occurred […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Glass, Mechanical Damage, Wine Bottle

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