Product and Material Failure Investigation Services
Corrosion, overloading, and manufacturing defects are some of the top causes of product and material failures. However, background, maintenance, and usage can also play a role in a failure.
To confirm the origin and cause our team of product and material failure experts reverse engineer complex systems to determine the:
- Initial point of failure.
- The mechanism at play.
- Various contributing factors.
Pario’s forensic engineers conduct their analysis at our three laboratories. These facilities house the latest technology necessary for detailed materials inspections, allowing our engineering firm to keep our investigations in-house. Some of our more advanced equipment includes:
- A scanning electron microscope.
- Keyence digital microscopes.
- Hardness and micro-hardness testers.
We also utilize advanced software to identify fracture surface details and stress raisers such as machining marks, corrosion pits, and inclusions. As part of our cause and effect exploration, our forensic engineering process also involves conducting comparative situational tests on the component(s), functional inspections, as well as other testing.
Often pertinent information regarding the manufacturing, processing, and service history of the product being reviewed is not available. When this is the case, the experience and expertise of our forensic engineers plays a key role in helping connect the dots. With their decades of combined experience our engineers have the experience and education necessary to defend their analysis fully.
ISO 9001:2015-certified quality management system.