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Glass Expert Performs Failure Analysis of Drinking Glass

October 8, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

In order to simulate potential cracking of a heavy bottom drinking glass still hot from a commercial dishwasher, a glass was immersed in 140°F water till stabile. The glass was removed and ice water was then poured into the glass. A glass failure analysis expert witness then performed a failure analysis on the resulting cracked […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Drinking Glass, Expert Witness, Glass, Glass Failure

Glass Expert Performs Failure Analysis of Bathroom Scale

September 7, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

A glass failure analysis was performed by glass failure expert witness to determine the reason the glass platform on a bathroom scale broke unexpedly. The platform is made of fully tempered glass, and it broke as the user was pushing it with her foot alongside the toilet. The top left photograph shows the condition of […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bathroom Scale, Expert Witness, Glass

Glass Fracture Due to Liquid Pressure

August 20, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure analysis expert witness performs a failure analysis on a hollow glass tube that failed due to internal pressure. The glass fracture initiated at a small bruise on the outer surface of the glass tube. The upper left 25X photomicrograph gives an overview of the failure. One can see that the glass fracture analysis […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Glass Fracture, Glass Tube, Photomicrograph

GLass Expert Discusses Chill Cracks

August 7, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure analysis expert witness discusses a common glass bottle manufacturing defect. After the bottle has been formed it is removed hot from the clam shell tool. If it encounters any localized cooling at this stage, it can form a manufacturing defect called a “chill crack”. Thermal shock cause the cooled area to shrink, and […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Chill Cracks, Glass, Glass Failure

Cosmetic Bottle Failure Analysis

August 2, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure analysis expert witness performs failure analysis on a broken small cosmetic bottle. This bottle failure occured when it was being capped on the line. The objective of the analysis was to determine the cause of the failure and to advise the bottle manufacturer. The bottle broke into two pieces, and these are shown […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Cosmetic Bottle, Glass, Manufacturing Defect

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