Materials Failure Analysis and Process Engineering
California Glass Failure Expert discusses a product liability case with a detailed failure analysis of a broken jar. Includes a root cause determination and detection of the failure origin. Includes analysis of damage to the steel lid of the jar. This failure was the result of impact damage to the jar. There was no product defect present.
The glass experts at Read Consulting in Santa Rosa California performed a glass failure analysis on a borosilicate glass blender jar that failed in a glass thermal shock test as a part of product qualification. The jar is operated with a stainless steel spoon inside. It is then subjected to thermal shock test by heating […]
Materials Failure Analysis: A broken jam jar was examined to determine the cause of the failure. In this case, the top of the jar separated from the body as the user was trying to twist the metal lid off. The upper left photo is of the severed top of the jar. The lid did not […]
