Metallurgical Consultants

Our materials engineers and failure analysts provide independent expert opinions regarding materials failure analysis. Our analyst approach is to examine or test materials to evaluate the cause of your product failure. Our engineers can identify the root cause of your component failure. Features of Metallurgical Consultants root cause failure analysis capabilities include:

Analysis conducted by registered professional engineers
Root cause failure analysis determination
Photographic documentation
Broad failure analysis experience
Failure mode identification
Fracture evaluations
Identification of product defects

Failure Analysis Investigation

Failure of a component indicates it has become completely or partially unusable or has deteriorated to the point that it is undependable or unsafe for normal sustained service.

Typical Root Cause Failure Mechanisms

It is possible for fracture to be a result of multiple failure mechanisms or root causes. A failure analysis can provide the information to identify the appropriate root cause of the failure.

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Common Causes of Failure

Misuse or Abuse
Assembly errors
Manufacturing defects
Improper maintenance
Fastener failure
Design errors
Improper material
Improper heat treatments
Unforeseen operating conditions
Inadequate quality assurance
Inadequate environmental protection/control
Casting discontinuities

Failure Analysis Experience

Our staff has had broad industrial experience. Examples of industries in which our staff has had manufacturing or metallurgical failure analysis experience:

ASME boiler and pressure vessels
Aircraft /Aerospace
Gas turbine engine components
Oil and gas transmission pipelines
Food processing equipment
Heat exchangers
Medical supplies

Automotive components
Refineries
Petrochemical plants
Offshore structures
Industrial machinery
Weldments
Ships

Failure Investigation and Expert Witness Services

Our services can assist defendant/plaintiff from the initial legal proceedings through trial. We provide support in the following areas:

Industrial and consumer product failure analysis
Evaluations conducted by registered professional engineers
On site accident investigation
Forensic investigation
Product liability
Technical advisors to counsel
Expert witness testimony
Conformance to industry specifications
Forensic macro/microphotographic documentation

Whether your product defect is due to a forging, casting, or welding defect our failure investigator can identify the root cause of the failure and determine the pertinent structural defect that caused the failure. Let AMC investigate your bearing, bridge, valve, bolt, boiler, gear, shaft, fastener, tank, medical devices, or other industrial or consumer product failure.

Contact Information

Telephone: 407-880-4945 ----------- Consulting assistance is only available for customers
FAX
Postal address (greater Orlando area): AMC; 380 S. State Road 434; Suite 1004 - #166; Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
Electronic mail: General Information: Consulting@MaterialsEngineer.com
Customer Support: Support@MaterialsEngineer.com
Webmaster: Help@MaterialsEngineer.com

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Metallurgical Consultants

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