Product Liability

Atomic Echo Labs engineering and scientific consultants also provide opposing data analysis in determining responsibility for product failures and have served as counter experts in legal and insurance cases.

Atomic Echo Labs can arrange a laboratory facility for joint inspections in instances of destructive testing that can only occur one time. We also offer onsite sampling, chain of custody procedures and established protocols for sample storage and handling.

From investigating defective aircraft landing gear to determining cause of airbag failures to identifying a pharmaceutical contaminant, our product liability projects may include:

• Product construction analysis and specifications
• Aviation accident investigation
• Medical device failure analysis
• Corrosion and oxidation problems
• Design/stress related failures
• Failure modes in materials
• Extractables and leachables of consumer products
• Materials and contamination analysis
• Fire investigations
• Manufacturing/quality control issues
• Materials and metallurgical engineering
• Electronics failure analysis
• Plastics and polymeric materials testing

Product Liability and Failure Analysis Expertise

From design defects to manufacturing defects, our experts have experience analyzing chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, aircraft, children’s products, consumer/industrial products and more.

Airplanes: Air frame structures, landing gear components, wing structural parts, windshields, crankshafts, connecting rods, valves, turbines, propellers,  hydraulic/fuel lines, fuel control systems, exhaust systems, engine systems

Helicopters: Rotor blades, couplings, gears, tail rotor blades and castings

Automobiles: Mag wheels, brakes, lug bolts, steering column components, seats, seat belts, doors, gas tanks, headlights, air bags, tires

Motorcycles: Brake pedals, handlebar castings, gas tanks, wheels

Industrial products: Heavy machinery, farm equipment, tractor-trailers, high-tension wires, crane components, drilling equipment, machinery safety mechanisms

Household goods: Microwave ovens, lawn mowers, washing machines, glass bottles, ratchet wrenches, chairs, stools, ladders, hammers, cutlery, pressure cookers, toaster ovens, electrical components, gas and electric water heaters, computers, sporting goods, textiles

Medical products, medical devices: Breast prosthesis, crutches, heart valves, hip implants, scalpel blades, operating table mattresses, oxygen pumps, diagnostic instruments, malpractice issues

Plastic products: Children’s toys, molded products, rubber products, adhesives, plastic plumbing, foams, composites, packaging, plastic bottles

Paints and coatings: Architectural coatings, consumer paints, industrial coatings, automotive coatings, protective coatings, marine coatings

Food and beverage: Meat, dairy, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, candy, processed foods, packaging systems

Pharmaceuticals: Drugs, generic products, nutraceuticals, vitamins, other-the-counter products