Saturday, November 7, 2009

MATERIALS FAILURE ANALYSIS

MATERIALS FAILURE ANALYSIS

Our materials engineers and metallurgists provide independent expert opinions regarding weld or material failure analysis. Forensic investigation of your product failure is accomplished by analyzing and testing materials and welds. Root cause analysis of your weld or material failure can be identified by our failure analysis experts. Features of our product failure analysis capabilities include:

  • Weld failure analysis
  • Analysis conducted by registered professional engineers
  • Failure mode identification
  • Broad failure analysis experience
  • Fracture evaluations
  • Root cause analysis determination
  • Photographic documentation
SEM failure analysis photo

EXPERIENCE

Our staff has had broad industrial experience. Examples of industries in which our staff has had welding, manufacturing or failure investigation experience:

• Aircraft / Aerospace • Gas turbine engine components
• Weldments. • Petrochemical / Pharmaceutical plants
• Offshore structures • Industrial machinery
• Heat exchangers • Food processing equipment
• Ships • Oil and gas transmission pipelines

automatic welding tig weld close up

LITIGATION INVESTIGATION AND EXPERT WITNESS

Our services can assist defendant/plaintiff from the initial legal proceedings through trial. We provide support in the following areas:

• On site accident investigation
• Product liability
• Technical advisors to counsel
• Conformance to industry specifications
• Evaluations conducted by registered professional engineers
• Failure mode and root cause identification
• Forensic Macro/Microphotographic documentation
• Industrial and consumer product failure analysis

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