We will give our preliminary opinions
on the cause of your failure, for no charge with the restrictions below.
What you need to do:
If a metal component fails and
interferes with the operation of your plant, and you don't think the cost
of a failure analysis is justified, but would like a metallurgist to take
a quick look at your failure and give you their initial observations, we are
willing to do this for no charge. To take advantage of this offer you need
to do the following:
Take three picture from a distance,
at approximately 120 degree intervals, where the sample takes about 1/3 to 1/2
of the picture frame.
Take close up pictures where
the sample takes up about 90% of the picture from the sample vantage points.
Take a close up of the failed area
where any cracks, or similar, take up about 100% of the picture frame.
3) Email us the pictures and contact
information.
What we will do:
1) We will look at the failure and
take good quality pictures of the part and the failed area.
2) We will look at the failed area
under a stereo scope and take close-up pictures of the failed area and any other
area that appears to be abnormal or provide clues to the cause of the failure.
3) We will issue a preliminary report
We will give you our
preliminary opinion on the mode of failure (fatigue, tensile, SCC, etc.)
The report will contain up to three
pictures.
The report will be posted on a
webpage*.
4) In some cases, our preliminary
evaluation will narrow the mode of failure down to several options instead of a
single failure mode. In such a case, we will:
Identify the probable failure modes,
listed in the order we think most likely,
Identify what work would be necessary
to increase the confidence of our decision.
Why We Are Making This Offer
Business during the recession is
slow.
We hope this opens the door to future
customers.
We hope some of you want additional
work done after the free preliminary evaluation ... don't worry there will not
be a hard sell.
Restrictions:
Restricted to samples under 20 pounds
that are shipped prepaid to MV, Inc. If you want the samples
returned, provide a prepaid UPS shipping label or similar.
Sample will not be cut or otherwise
physically altered with the possible exception that the sample may be cleaned or
degreased at our sole discretion.
Samples must be accompanied with a
failure analysis questionnaire; all questions must be answered.
Samples may not contaminated with
anything that would cause unsafe conditions when received by MV, Inc.
MV, Inc. will not travel to your site
without compensation.
MV reserves the right to convert the
report into a generic case study with all specific information about your
company removed and post this report on its website.
We reserve the right to cancel or
suspend this offer without notice; we will respond to the failure analysis
questionnaire and let you know that the offer is no longer valid if that is the
case.
Only one free preliminary evaluation
per customer; we reserve the right to define what constitutes a customer.
Metallurgical Viability, Inc.