Failure Analysis Examples from Touchstone Research Laboratory
Failure analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing data to determine the cause of a failure and how to prevent it from recurring.
  If you have a failed part, you may only have one chance to get the analysis right. That is why you should look to a company with a broad range of equipment and experience. With thousands of problems solved, decades of failure analysis experience, numerous PhD’s and scientists on staff, and 100+ pieces of laboratory equipment, Touchstone is uniquely qualified to solve your failure analysis problem. Our personnel are a mixture of very experienced technical personnel from manufacturing, and some of the best academics in the world.
This experience extends across many industries, including aerospace, automotive, chemical plants, steel, aluminum, mining, insurance, and construction, to name a few.
Our failure analysis includes failure mode investigation and identification, root cause failure analysis where possible, photographic documentation, and help in recommending the best solution to prevent recurrence. Our fully-equipped laboratories (over two acres in four buildings) include light microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS), metallography, corrosion testing and evaluation, chemistry, and mechanical testing.
We can evaluate parts, components, equipment, metals, and non-metals to determine the how and why of failure – understanding if failure was due to mechanical damage, corrosion, fracture or some other cause or causes.
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Below are just a few examples of our analyses, with many more being added each week. If you don’t see a case study related to your area, please contact us, as we likely have solved the same or similar problem.
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