Poor Welding of a CarrierPipe Joint There was no Melting on a part of the joint Read Consulting, a California failure analysis lab, has performed numerous plastic failure analysis on various types of plastic pipe. This includes PVC, CPVC, Delrin and Polypropylene. In this case a plastic failure analysis was performed on a failed containment waste […]
Storage Tank Failures, Tank Failure Analysis
Storage tanks have a finite lifetime, and they should be carefully inspected annually. Read Consulting has performed numerous storage tank failure analysis. Steel tank failures were caused by corrosion. PVC tanks failures were caused by UV degradation of the polymer. Attached are two representative photos of tank failures analyzed in the past. One failure was […]