Image Gallery
Schematic of saw blade, showing how the carbide tooth fractured both along the join and through the carbide.
Subject blade, showing multiple broken teeth.
Detached tooth No. 1 in SEM mount, edge-on, showing fracture through the joint and the carbide.
Reading
Russell, Ken. Letter, Sawblade Investigation. (PDF)
Assignments
Please prepare a short presentation on soldering and brazing. Pay particular attention to the processes intentions and techniques/methods.
Please prepare a short presentation on the Careering Chip case and evidence.
Further Reading
“Calamities” column: ‘The Case of the Careening Chip.’ Design News.
