Failure Analysis - Metals and Non-Metals for Products

Utilize Intertek's Failure Analysis services to improve product quality and manufacturing process.

Metals
Intertek’s failure analysis services and capabilities go well beyond physical testing. We maintain state-of-the-art equipment, materials science, and product expertise to provide a complete analysis of your product, testing the total environment and condition of metal parts and sub assemblies, including the microstructure level.

• Chemical Verification
• Contamination Analysis
• Corrosion Analysis
• Fiber Identification
• Fractography
• Macro Etching
• Microstructure Evaluation
• Photo Documentation
• Physical Testing
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and EDS
• Surface Contamination
• Weld Evaluation

Non-Metals

The increasingly sophisticated applications of materials including: plastics, composites, adhesives, coatings and paint require their own unique approach to failure analysis. Intertek provides services to identify base materials and contaminants, and analytical techniques to characterize sources of fractures and failures.

• Adhesive Identification
• Contaminant Identification
• Coating Contamination
• Paint Identification
• Fractography
• Physical Testing
• Photo Documentation
• Surface Contamination

Examples of components and assemblies analyzed by Intertek:

Metal and Non-Metal Assemblies

• Conveyor Belt Joint
• Medical Bed Drives
• Motor
• Aluminum Swim Platforms

Metals

• Conveyor Pulley, Lift Assembly
• Injection Mold Nozzle
• Trailer Hitch And Chassis
• Ball Screws, Sliding Screws
• Bolts, Screws, Studs
• Shafts
• Springs
• Brackets
• Medical Saws
• Waster Water Treatment Piping
• Aluminum/Steel Fuel Connectors
• Aluminum Stroller
• Casting Magnesium Fan Housing
• Fan Hub
• Copper Electric Contact And Connector
• Aluminum Voice Wire, Stainless Steel Wire
• Convertible Drive Shafts, Hinges
• Chairs
• Weld Evaluation Of Structures On Yacht, Conveyor Lift, Aluminum And Stainless Steel Tubes
• Powder Metal Sliders
• Saw Blades

Non-metals

• Fractured Plastic Components
• Paint Adhesion Failures
• Contaminants In Paints And Plastics
• Plastic Part Material Benchmarking
• Contaminants In Filter Assemblies
• Fiber Distribution In Fiber Reinforced Plastics
• Comparison Of Contaminants To Possible Sources Among Process Chemicals
• Plastic Weld (Vibration, Heat) Failures
• Lubricant Analyses
• Solder Failures And Contaminant Analyses On Printed Circuit Boards
• Contaminants And Adhesion Failures In Plated Plastic Parts
• Automotive Interior Assemblies
• Furniture Components
• Medical Tools And Furniture
• Organic Contaminants In Metal Parts And Assemblies
• Electrical Component Decapsulation
• Visual Defects And Contamination In Vinyls & Fabrics