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 […]
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 […]
Construction Defect Analysis, Window Damage
California Failure Analysis Expert Witness performs a glass failure analysis on defective tempered glass windows installed in a public building. One of the construction defects was window scratching. Representative windows were removed and sent to the Read Consulting California failure analysis lab. This allowed a detailed investigation of the window defects. The failure analysis determined that […]
California Failure Analysis Expert Witness Examines Window Damage
Window cleaning is an important final step in finishing off construction of a building. This fact is sometimes ignored, and improper cleaning results in significant damage to the new windows. This in turn leads to a lawsuit. The glass association of North America (GANA) has published a bulleton to instruct as to the proper window cleaning […]
Failure Analysis of Broken Tempered Glass Window
Failure analysis of tempered glass windows is normally impossible because the failed window falls apart into a large number of similar pieces, and locating the origin is impossible. However, there are cases when the window remains intact, and root cause failure analysis is possible. In this case the glass expert was able to preserve the […]
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