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Glass Bottle Damage; GLass Bottle Failure Analysis

November 14, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass expert illustrates wine bottle damage that occured during corking. This product defect occured during cork insertion. The “push rod” was off center, and it impacted the top of the bottle. As a result, there was a crush point that would have resulted in a crack during cork removal by the user. Glass failure analysis […]

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

Glass Expert Analyzes Window Damage

October 31, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

            Glass failure analysis expert analyzes scratched windows on new construction. There have been numerous occasions where a glass expert has been brought in the determine the cause of window scratching. This is often on new construction that has a stucco exterior. Post construction window claening is critical because of […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Expert Witness, Manufacturing Defect, Window Damage, Window Defect, Window Scratching

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

Grinding Wheel Failure Analysis

June 7, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Failure analysis expert witness performed a failure analysis on a broken grinding wheel. This is part of a product liability case where it was claimed that the wheel broke apart during normal use and injured the user. Examination of the wheel showed that the wheel had been broken by someone clamping it and breaking off […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Grinding Wheel, Manufacturing Defect, Photomicrograph, Product Defect, Product Liability

Manufacturing Defect on Tempered Glass Window

February 26, 2010 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Glass failure analysis expert witness performed a root cause failure analysis on window defects found on a recently built custom home. The upper left photograph shows the defect from the building exterior. The window defect resembles a dust or dirt streak and was not detected until the post construction window cleaning. In all cases, the […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Manufacturing Defect, Tempered Glass, Window, Window Cleaning

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