A Failure Investigation is the process of collecting and analysing materials and data to determine the cause of a failure and how to prevent it from recurring.  It relies on collecting failed components for subsequent examination of the cause or causes of failure using a wide array of methods such as microscopy and material characterisation.

Failure Investigation services include:

• Investigation of material failures (industrial and forensic);
• rapid response to industrial failures;
• customised cost-effective laboratory analytical programs.