Failure Analysis & Systems Improvement
Analysis of worn or failed components after use or during manufacture serves to both optimise performance and to inform new materials and new product development. Thanks to our knowledge of metallurgy in advanced alloys, corrosion, fracture and fatigue diagnosis, and our experience of how to improve material composite properties, we can work with our clients in the Aerospace and defence industries to analyse failures and, more importantly, provide timely and cost-effective solutions.
At Ceram, we offer:
- lifetime performance evaluation and profiling, including materials degradation during long-term storage
- durability evaluation and profiling
- failure analysis and diagnostics
- duty-cycle re-creation and bench evaluation
- fracture, fatigue and rupture diagnosis and microstructure investigation
- optical and electron-microscopy investigation and diagnosis
- surface and bulk microstructure characterisation
- coating characterisation of multi-functional surfaces and coatings, (topographical, chemical composition, depth profiling and multilayer resolution) - including diagnosis of delamination or debonding failures, leaching/migration problems and corrosion issues
- chemical, physical and thermal testing and analysis
- contamination identification and analysis
- expert witness services.
Case Studies:
Removing Chromium by 2013 - Development of New Anti-Corrosion Coatings
Critical technology review carried out in partnership with Indestructible Paint Ltd
Cleanliness Measurement on High Performance Metal Components
Application of Ceram's bespoke cleaning validation procedure - Validata
Development & Sourcing of a New Glass Material for Mansol Preforms
Testing & material trials
Surface Characterisation of Gas Turbines
Ceram assisted Goodrich Corporation with surface analysis of a chromium containing coating.
Ceramic Body Armour
A manufacturer of ceramic armour for military vehicles and personnel sought expertise regarding pressure-cast forming of armour components.
