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
