A California failure expert witness was asked to determine the root cause of a rubber gasket leak. The molded rubber gasket seal was integrated into a hydraulic lift operating at 650 psi. Over time it had developed a very small hole and approximately 60 gallons of hydraulic oil escaped through this small leak. Read Consulting Failure […]
Plastic Failure Analysis
Plastics failure expert performs a root cause failure analysis on a plastic automobile door handle. The handle is from a van’s sliding side door. The product failure occurred when the user was trying to close the van’s sliding door. This is a products liability issue because the handle failed in a brittle manner and a […]