Industrial Forensic Science Laboratory

Microscopy, Microanalysis and Materials Characterisation.

Intertek provides clients with industrial forensic science services. Industrial forensic expertise in the laboratory, combined with Intertek's rapid-response capability across analytical techniques, give customers rapid analysis and understanding of crucial industrial processes and issues.

Intertek applications for Industrial Forensic Science often involve urgent customer requests for information, including questions like "what is it?", "how did this happen?" and "who did this?".

Intertek forensic experts help place clients in a position where they see the best possible data, suggestions and solutions, ehancing vendor quality or your own product quality.

Intertek MSG works with research scientists, formulators, product designers, plant engineers, plant managers, our client's clients and many others. Intertek's Industrial Forensic Science approach involves working closely with our customers and delivering expert analysis, sound advice and creative ideas.

Our Industrial Forensic Science approach combined with a deep experience of polymers, composites, medical devices, speciality chemicals and packaging supply chains ensures we deliver precise scientific evidence, ideas and effective strategies that deliver all the way to our customer's bottom-line.

When things get difficult for clients, when they're under pressure for a solution or when it is difficult to pin the source of a problem down - the Intertek industrial forensics team can be a valuable resource.

Diatom: from diatomaceous earth, an indicator of filter bed breakdown in a speciality lubricants business.

Industrial Forensic Science Projects include:

• Contaminant identification to allow the control of contamination in raw materials, processes, and products.
• Materials failure analysis to identify the cause of fractures, processing issues or weaknesses in the design of components.
• The identification of the source of unknown particles or deposits causing environmental, health or safety problems.
• Root cause identification of product defects including degradation, bubbles, voids, inclusions, bumps, scratches, hazes, stains and marks with a view to eliminating costs involved in rework, scrap and claims.
• Contaminant identification to allow the control of contamination in raw materials, processes, and products.

Voiding of a thin film product and subsequent stress concentration ultimately leading to product failure.

• Materials failure analysis to identify the cause of fractures, processing issues or weaknesses in the design of components.
• The identification of the source of unknown particles or deposits causing environmental, health or safety problems.
• Identifying the root cause of product defects such as degradation, bubbles, voids, inclusions, bumps, scratches, hazes, stains and marks with a view to eliminating costs involved in rework, scrap and claims.
• And more