There should be a clear understanding of what a failure is,
how it affects adjoining equipment and units (failure effect), how failure manifests itself (failure mode), whether equipment has failed or is about to fail (failure severity), what process is involved in causing the failure (failure mechanism) and what caused the equipment to fail (failure cause).

MSR offers special expertise in failure analysis of metallic and non-metallic materials. The laboratory can conduct thorough analysis and provide valuable information for predicting performance, or distinguishing between problems associated with manufacturing defects, design deficiencies, or performance of materials. Feedback in the form of detailed reports helps to minimize recurrence of most failures and prevent others.