At Zurich Laboratory Services, we understand that sometimes manufactured products fail in service for a wide variety of different reasons. In these scenarios, we are able to offer a failure analysis investigation service to help to determine the root cause(s) of the failure.
- We have a highly experienced team of metallurgists that will produce a detailed report, including; details of any supporting tests and analysis conducted
- Failure analysis reports
- Conclusions and recommendation to prevent future failure
SEM & EDS
Our scanning electron microscope and x-ray microanalysis system is used to obtain information on the microscopic features of fracture surfaces and samples for a wide range of investigations
- Metallurgical fractures / failure investigations
- Identification of corrosion products
- Fragments, dust particles and inclusions (size and chemistry)
- Phase and foreign body analysis