The commonly found Situation...
Our first customer engagement often starts with a component failure during product development or in the field - in many cases after an extended, unsuccessful search for the root cause of the problem. We understand that there are many laboratories on the market that offer failure analysis at low costs. However, in our opinion it takes more than just running a few standard lab tests to fully capture and mitigate a problem during development and production. It is about asking the right questions. This is where the linked knowledge in Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering is key.
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Our Approach
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Gathering background information
This involves structured discussions with the clients' engineering team, covering all essential views to the problem: - design considerations (FEA input when available) - existing material & component processing specifications - actual material & component processing details (supplier input) and limitations - loading conditions & history Targeted failure analysis With the above input, the failure analysis can in general be targeted very well and be performed in a cost effective manner. Strong partnerships with a several independent laboratories provide you the highest level of expertise for a wide range of applications. |
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Identifying the problem
Writing a pretty report, that concludes for example a fatigue failure due to a certain material microstructure will not help the design engineer to eliminate the issue. We will translate the materials science language into answers that everyone can understand. Quality Control support We can support our clients in defining proper material and component processing specifications as well as quality control specification that consider practical manufacturing bound conditions and limitations. |
Product Validation
Many failure modes can be evaluated in an early development stage through dynamic material & component testing. With our strong partnerships in this field we can support our customers with testing strategies and test executions. Trough a more global, analytics based reliability process we can assist in complete system reliability assessments and product validation optimization.
Many failure modes can be evaluated in an early development stage through dynamic material & component testing. With our strong partnerships in this field we can support our customers with testing strategies and test executions. Trough a more global, analytics based reliability process we can assist in complete system reliability assessments and product validation optimization.
