Expert Engineers with over 40 years experience
Knowledge you need. Experience you want.
It takes a power outage to remind us just how many electrical things we use and take for granted.
Let’s face it, things do go wrong – and that is certainly true in the case of electrical systems. When a failure occurs, the results may just be a minor inconvenience. However sometimes there can be devastating results such as major economic loss, personal injury and even death. Improper installation or operation of electrical equipment, or the simple failure of a powered product or system to perform as it should, can lead to a dramatic demonstration of how deadly and destructive electricity can be.
While electrically powered devices are ubiquitous in our world, the expertise to isolate and identify the cause of failures is not. SEAL’s electrical engineers possess the expertise and experience as well as the testing facilities and labs needed to reveal the cause of failure and demonstrate for all parties just what happened and oftentimes why.
Industrial & Consumer Product Failure Analysis
SEAL has highly experienced staff and specialized laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art analytical equipment to:
Perform root cause analysis and define responsibilities.
Avoid future occurrences of failures and improve performance through failure prevention.
Gain rapid and accurate results by different methods such as physical and electrical analyses, mechanical testing, and welding tests from our fully equipped testing laboratories.
Fire Cause & Origin Evaluations
It is unfortunate that house fires happen all too often and a large percentage of those originate with the home’s electrical system. There are many causes of electrical fires. Sometimes mechanical failures of electrical devices are the cause. Sometime the cause of a fire is from improper usage or design of the electrical system in the home. SEAL engineers are skilled in getting to the root causes of home fires.
Electrocution Safety
Industrial workers often deal with electrical safety concerns daily. They have to keep in mind that there is a variety of equipment that can reach and come in contact with overhead power lines.
Anytime a worker is on a ladder or suspended in a man-basket near power lines, they risk electrocution. Power equipment can change from safe to hazardous in an instant during extreme conditions.
Electrical Equipment Failure Analysis
Many insurance claims and lawsuits are brought on by electrical system failures. This stems from personal injury or property damage caused by vehicle or structure fires.
Most electrical system fires can be attributed to external factors such as poor design, improper use. Faulty manufacturing, substandard service, mishandling, and other causes.
Failures and Damage
SEAL electrical engineers determine causes for failures and damage to a wide variety of electrical equipment and fire cause situations including large industrial installations, large and small power stations, control systems, appliances in industrial facilities, commercial complexes, public buildings, and residential properties.
Initial contact with a forensic electrical engineer usually comes from an insurance company or their attorney, a manufacturer, contractor, engineering firm or others that are directly involved with the case. The process usually begins with an email to set up a time for an initial telephone conversation.
Next, a copy of the Curriculum Vitae is provided and a discussion of experience as well as fees. Once an agreement is reached regarding the case, there is be a more formal meeting to discuss the details of what is known about the event.
Many questions are initially raised, and various drawings, specifications and other similar documents are provided. However, the forensic electrical engineer may ultimately be required to document the results of their investigation in written reports, as well as provide testimony in depositions and, potentially, in court testimony.
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