California glass expert was asked to perform a glass failure analysis on a glass door that failed spontaneously, The failure analysis lab located the failure origin. The glass experts then examined the fracture surface at the origin, and they determined that the root cause of the failure was a nickel sulfide particle. The failure origin magnified 200X […]
Shot Glass Failure Analysis
The glass expert at Read Consulting failure analysis lab was asked to perform a failure analysis on a glass sliver removed from a woman’s stomach. The woman had been out drinking the night before, and the following morning had stomach pains. The cause of the pain was found to be a glass sliver logged in her stomach. Part of the analysis […]
Food Contamination: Wine Bottle Contaminant
Although Read consulting is a failure analysis lab, Failure experts at Read Consulting have worked with numerous food packaging companies to determine the cause of food contamination and work with food packaging companies to correct the problems they are encountering. In this case, a claim was made that a mobile wine bottling line was damaging […]
Failure Analysis of Glass Encapsulated Zener Diodes
Failure Analysis Lab examines performs a failure analysis on surface mount glass encapsulated Zener diodes. These diodes were in an appliance control board, and they are surface mounted to the underside a printed circuit board. The entire board is encapsulated in rigid polyurethane. There was a significant yield loss due to cracking of the glass […]
Glass Expert Performs Failure Analy on Low E Windows
California failure analysis lab was asked to determine why windows in an expensive hilltop home failed. The windows in question were Lo- E windows that were tinted to absorb infra-red light. At this location two south facing, side-by-side windows cracked. The window expert at Read Consulting was asked to perform a glass failure analysis to […]
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