I’ve been preparing for the Intro to Failure Analysis course that Mark Lisin at Lisin Metallurgical Services and I are teaching for ASM Oregon at University of Portland on Friday of this week, and in so doing, I’ve been looking back at... Learn More

In last week’s blog post, Mattea talked about what you should do, and more importantly, what you shouldn’t do with fractured parts if you’re sending them to us for a failure analysis (i.e., don’t mash them together to see how well they... Learn More

Yep, I hate to admit it but this week’s blog post is pure fluff. We’ve been extremely busy the past couple of weeks and haven’t had any time to work on blog posts. After how popular crushing the pop can was, I... Learn More

Magnetic particle testing (MT) is one of many non-destructive examination (NDE) techniques. MT is often used to discover surface discontinuities (like cracks and weld porosity) in ferromagnetic materials, such as steel. MT is often the method of choice for detecting surface discontinuities... Learn More