Capabilties

Design Review
Factory Audits
Failure Analysis
Batteries
CTIA Certification

Failure Analysis

Consumer Electronics

  • Computers
  • Notebooks
  • PDAs
  • Cell Phones
  • Portable DVD Players
  • Electronic Toothbrushes

arc between the broken conductor melts the sheath

Electrical Components

  • PCBs
  • BGAs
  • Touch Screens
  • Glass Screens
  • Batteries and Associated Circuitry
  • Capacitors

solder overflow on a PCB board
Solder overflow on a PCB board

Consumer Products

  • Plastic, Metal, Glass, Ceramic, Composites
  • Toys

Heavy Equipment

  • Forklifts
  • Cranes
  • Elevators
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Composite Structures

Components

  • Fasteners
  • Seals
  • Adhesives
  • Hinges, Joints, Etc.

Metallurgy

  • Fracture
  • Fatigue
  • Overload
  • Creep
  • Hardness
  • Stress Corrosion Cracking
  • Hydrogen Embrittlement
  • Corrosion

SEM of a glass fracture surface
SEM of a glass fracture surface