Understanding Failure Analysis in Consumer Product Testing
Failure analysis in consumer product testing is a critical process designed to uncover the root causes of product defects or malfunctions. At Eurofins Malaysia, advanced techniques such as material testing, stress analysis, and microscopy are employed to thoroughly examine failed components or systems. This detailed investigation provides essential insights into design flaws, manufacturing discrepancies, or improper usage, helping companies take corrective actions.
By addressing these issues, failure analysis not only improves product quality, reliability, and safety, but also prevents future failures, ensures compliance with industry regulations, and strengthens customer trust. This process enables companies to refine product designs and manufacturing processes, leading to higher customer satisfaction and long-term market success.
Materials characterization plays an important role in many phases of product design and manufacturing. Whether you’re selecting materials for new product development, conducting concept validation and prototype testing, or qualifying first production lot or a pilot lot, Eurofins Malaysia offers a wide range of sophisticated suite of materials characterization tools to serve the specific needs of different type of materials; such as plastics, metals & metal alloys, electronic components and PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards).
Product failures due to inappropriate choice of material, non-optimized manufacturing conditions or unexpected operating environments are often encountered by various industries. Besides serving metals, plastics, rubbers and semiconductor industries, etc. in material characterization, Eurofins Malaysia is also involved in failure analysis and abnormalities studies of their final products. For failure analysis and abnormalities studies, our approach is to work closely with you, listen to your needs, and understand your problem before working out the hypothesis and proposing a suitable analysis to test the hypotheses generated. Due to the nature of the failure analysis report is highly technical, we are ready to explain the technical aspects to you if needed.
To cater to material characterization and failure analysis for various industries, Eurofins Malaysia has the expertise in a wide array of techniques and makes full use of lab analytical instruments to serve your diverse needs, meanwhile combine professional knowledge for failure root cause investigation and work out analysis report timely. The techniques including:
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-Ray (SEM-EDX)
- Optical Microscopy
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
- Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
- Thermomechanical Analysis (TMA)
- Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)
- Mechanical Analyses (Tensile, Hardness, Impact Test & etc)
It is Eurofins Malaysia’s policy to uphold data and report confidentiality. However, upon the customer’s request, our consulting chemists are ready to provide relevant technical discussion with your counterpart(s) impartially. Our team understands that the ultimate goal of failure analysis is to identify the root cause(s) of the problem on a timely basis, and we would like to be part of your problem-solving team.
Material and Engineering Sciences
More than ever before, the world is experiencing a powerful convergence of science, technology, and commerce. With deep experience across materials and engineering sciences, Eurofins is at the forefront of this revolution. Whether your challenge is to accelerate research and development, solve manufacturing problems, or confront legal issues, Eurofins Laboratories brings powerful scientific know-how to every phase of your product lifecycle.
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