Expert Fire, Mechanical and Material Engineers
Nationwide
Engineering Forensics provides expert advice to solicitors, loss adjusters, insurers and private clients.
We are experts in ecapes of water, mechanical failure, corrosion, collision investigation, fire and explosion and personal injury. We are experts in forensic investigations.
Expertise includes
Escapes of Water & Oil
We deal with leaks from domestic and commercial pipework, vessels and pressure systems. This includes the release of mains or foul water, chemicals or gas. We have worked with insurers, loss adjusters and solicitors.
Mechanical and Material Failures
We deal with a wide range of mechanical and material failures involving a wide range of equipment and failure mechanisms. We have worked with a variety of clients.
Corrosion
We have extensive corrosion investigation experience. Causes can range for poor material selection, poor material processing, to chemical contamination and stress corrosion cracking.
Fires & Explosions
We have extensive experience investigating fires and explosions. We establish the cause (ignition sequence) and spread (damage) so that issues of liability can be established and the necessary follow-up action taken, which may include recovery or repudiation.
Personal Injury & HSE
We have expertise advising on Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigations and prosecutions, slips, trips and falls, hand arm vibration syndrome and hearing loss injuries. In addition, injuries from power tools and industrial machinery. We have worked with a variety of clients.
Collision Investigation
Our detailed police and engineering knowledge of how vehicles operate and behave is invaluable when understanding how an accident occurred. We can create simulations of the incident both manually and by computer.
We offer failure analysis and microscopy services on our own laboratory.
Our capabilities include:
• Optical microscopy
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis
• Chemical analysis
• Mechanical properties
• Hardness
• Thermal analysis (DSC & TGA) and FTIR
Expertise Includes:
• Failure mode analysis
• Metallurgical analysis
• Corrosion mechanisms
• Structural failure analysis
• Contamination assessment
• Fracture analysis
Areas include:
• Industrial, Railway, Marine, Construction and Oil & Gas
• Bolts, shafts, gears, lifting equipment and pipes
• Plumbing fittings - plastic & copper pipe, compression joints and valves
• Toys, furniture and appliances
• Catering - contamination
• Medical devices
• Electronic devices
• Water analysis
• Dust analysis
• Paint analysis
From instruction a forensic investigator can be on-site promptly and a preliminary report submitted shortly thereafter setting out the most probable cause of failure. We have offices in Essex, the Midlands and Ireland. View our experts here.