Failed Valves, Gaskets, Filters and Fittings

This failed valves, gaskets, filters and fittings section provides an illustrative list of example pieces of work LPD Lab Services has carried out since it began doing 3rd Party work in earnest in 2003.  Multiple links are provided to other areas of the website to help customers navigate.

• Determination of root cause of pipework, valve and coupling failures
• Determination of root cause of pipework corrosion failures in domestic and industrial systems
• Joint gasket degradation and failures.
• Evaluation of seal degregation temperatures by TGA.
• Adhesive, sealant and gasket filler fingerprinting. 
• Water induced Phenolic foam decomposition leading to pipe corrosion and leakage.
• SEM/EDX automated particle characterisation and analysis of particles blocking or blinding in line filters.