Learn to Recognize Fracture Features

The greatest source of information as to why something failed is the broken part itself. This course teaches how to examine and interpret the fracture surfaces of steel mechanical failures. Participants learn on actual failed parts, examining dozens of failed parts using stereo microscopes.

This is a very practical course. Its introduces how to recognize and interpret fatigue, brittle and ductile fracture features. It starts with easy fractures yet gradually becomes harder, each fracture helping build experience and introducing new concepts. Once the base skills are established, participants work as teams to examine and solve failures from real cases.

One Day Course (packed 8 hours), $995/participant.

Topics Covered:

1. Introduction
2. Ductile Overload
3. Brittle Fracture
4. Fatigue Failures
5. Failure Analysis Exercises
6. Bolt Failures

Who Should Attend:

Everyone dealing with metal equipment failures. Ideal for reliability, mechanical engineers, inspectors and metallurgists.

If you have over ten people on your team, it might be worth considering holding this course at your facility. Contact us to learn more.

Course based upon the content covered in the book "Decoding Mechanical Failures". A copy comes with the course materials.

Already got a copy - no problem. Use the promo code in the back of your book for a $100 discount.

About the Instructor

Shane Turcott, P.Eng., M.A.Sc.

Shane graduated with his B.Eng and M.A.Sc in Materials Engineering from McMaster University, Canada. He has performed failure analysis for various employers before founding Steel Image in 2009. Steel Image is a lab-based metallurgical engineering company specializing in failure analysis and on-site material evaluations. He is the past Ontario Chair of the American Society of Materials, author of Decoding Mechanical Failures and Steel Isn't Hard (To Learn).

Hosted by Steel Image

Steel Image is a metallurgical engineering company specializing in failure analysis and on-site damage/crack assessments. We provide laboratory analysis and field metallography to support the refining, petrochemical, automotive, mining and energy industries. Next time something fails, consider calling us.