Read Consulting Failure Analysis Blog

Read Consulting determined the root cause for the failure of an event chair. The chair collapse under a restaurant patron at a Cinco de Mayo event. This chair was being properly used. This is a folding chair in which one leg slides forward during deployment. The top of the moveable leg slides in a slot […]

New construction window scratching is a common problem. Common contributors are surface contaminates such as stucco, dirt (most dirt contains sand) and concrete. Window experts at Read Consulting often are asked to examine scratched windows and determine the cause of scratches.  These windows were not scratched. Microscopic examination of the streaked portions of a representative […]

Read Consulting Failure Analysis Laboratory examined a failed champagne bottle that had exploded in a user’s hand.  The pressure in a champagne bottle is approximately 90 psi. The user’s hand was severely cut due to the release of pressure when the bottle failed. All cracking emanated from near the top of the bottle. In addition, […]

Read Consulting failure analysis experts were engaged to determine the source of damage to bottle finishes discovered on a bottling line. One of the damage types was side impact to the top of the bottle finish. It was determined that loading equipment with steel grips was impacting the bottle finish during loading the production line. […]