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 […]
Glass Failure Analysis of Tramp Glass
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). […]
Wine Bottle Failure Analysis
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 […]
Glass Expert Performs Sauce Bottle Glass Failure Analysis
Glass expert peformed a bottle failure analysis on a broken bottle of steak sauce . Intitally it was stated that this was a new and unopened bottle; however, examination revealed that there was sauce on the bottle threads. In addition, the “band” below the plastic lid was not connected. From this it was concluded that […]
Glass Failure Analysis of Laminated and Tempered GLass
Glass failure analysis was performed by a failure analysis expert on a large laminated window of which one layer was tempered glass. The tempered half of the lamination failed. The other half of the window held the system together, and this allowed a failure analysis to be performed. The upper left photo is an […]
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