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Wine Bottle Failure Analysis

November 6, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass Failure Analysis Expert Witness Performs Wine Bottle Failure Analysis. In this product liability case the user was injured as the cork was being extracted. The glass failure expert witness performed a glass failure analysis and determined that the bottle failure initiated at the very top of the bottle. Thus, the cork screw could not […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Corking Damage, Expert Witness, Glass, Wine Bottle

Glass Failure Analysis Expert Examines Failed Champagne Bottle

October 14, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure analysis expert performed a root cause failure analysis on a exploding champagne bottle. The user claimed that the bottle exploded when she was using her thumbs to remove the cork. Examination of the bottle revealed a horizontal crush point. This damage was severe and would not have survived the corking operation at the […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Champagne Bottle, Glass, Liability Hoax

Tempered Glass Expert Describes Failure Origin for Tempered Glass

September 4, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

     Glass failure analysis expert demonstrates how to locate the origin of a tempered glass failure. Glass failure analysis of a tempered glass piece is difficult (if not impossible) because tempered glass fracture results in many small pieces. In many cases the glass failure falls apart and there is no pattern left to trace […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Cracking, Glass, Pickup Truck, Tempered Glass, Window

Glass Failure Analysis Expert Discusses Metal Clad Wood Windows

August 29, 2009 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure expert re-visits the window reliability of metal clad wood windows. Recently, numerous entities are suing various window manufacturers because of premature window failure (i.e. poor window reliability) of various brands of metal clad wood windows. These window failures are not manufacturer dependant; they are a result of the fact that these are metal […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Metal Clad Wood Windows, Window

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

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