{"id":5746,"date":"2026-04-27T16:13:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/?page_id=5746"},"modified":"2026-06-15T16:39:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:39:56","slug":"failure-and-damage-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/en\/service\/failure-and-damage-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure and damage analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5746\" class=\"elementor elementor-5746 elementor-5745\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-763b1c1 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"763b1c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13b1e2a\" data-id=\"13b1e2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26896e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26896e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Service<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4500d5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4500d5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Failure and Damage Analysis<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cf15c5 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1cf15c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tof-SIMS-Oberflaechenanayltik-3-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5972\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tof-SIMS-Oberflaechenanayltik-3-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tof-SIMS-Oberflaechenanayltik-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tof-SIMS-Oberflaechenanayltik-3-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tof-SIMS-Oberflaechenanayltik-3-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tof-SIMS-Oberflaechenanayltik-3-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a320e13 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a320e13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Despite high standards in quality assurance and quality control, failures or damage to products and components occur frequently in production chains. Failure and damage analysis is primarily used to identify the causes of such problems. In addition, it helps minimize failures along the value chain and optimize production processes in a targeted and effective way.  <\/p>\n<p>With over 30 years of experience in this field, we offer our customers a wide range of analytical support to investigate the root causes of specific problems. In addition to imaging techniques such as light microscopy, we utilize state-of-the-art surface and trace analysis methods (such as TOF-SIMS; Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry) to clearly identify the chemical causes of defects and damage. <\/p>\n<p>This is complemented by extensive expertise gained through many years of handling a wide range of failure investigations across a variety of industries. This enables us to handle your request efficiently and effectively\u2014from designing the analysis plan and conducting the analysis to identifying the root cause. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36ee800 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36ee800\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5373 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tof-SIMS-Oberflaechenanayltik-3-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><br \/>Despite high standards in quality assurance and quality control, failures or damage to products and components occur frequently in production chains. Failure and damage analysis is primarily used to identify the causes of such problems. In addition, it helps minimize failures along the value chain and optimize production processes in a targeted and effective way.  <\/p>\n<p>With over 30 years of experience in this field, we offer our customers a wide range of analytical support to investigate the root causes of specific problems. In addition to imaging techniques such as light microscopy, we utilize state-of-the-art surface and trace analysis methods (such as TOF-SIMS; Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry) to clearly identify the chemical causes of defects and damage. <\/p>\n<p>This is complemented by extensive expertise gained through many years of handling a wide range of failure investigations across a variety of industries. This enables us to handle your request efficiently and effectively\u2014from designing the analysis plan and conducting the analysis to identifying the root cause. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a737c27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a737c27\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5ee233\" data-id=\"c5ee233\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2280a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2280a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Current application examples in the field of failure and damage analysis<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44d38f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44d38f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/en\/anwendungsbeispiele\/schadensanalytik-aufgrund-schmierstoffen\/\">Detection and exact identification of lubricants and their deposits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/en\/anwendungsbeispiele\/analytik-von-qav-in-desinfektionsmitteln\/\">Quart\u00e4re Ammoniumverbindungen in Desinfektionsmitteln<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/en\/examples\/contamination-in-the-process-chain\/\">Contamination along the value chain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2362041 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2362041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Click <span style=\"color: #a62222;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/en\/examples\/\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for more application examples.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bd63b8\" data-id=\"1bd63b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1789701 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1789701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A selection of our methods:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a786264 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a786264\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>TOF-SIMS &#8211; Time-of-Flight mass spectrometry<\/li>\n<li>IR &#8211; Infrared Spectroscopy<\/li>\n<li>XPS &#8211; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy<\/li>\n<li>REM &#8211; Rasterelektronenmikroskopie<\/li>\n<li>SEM &#8211; Scanning Electron Microscopy<\/li>\n<li>AFM &#8211; Atomic Force Microscopy<\/li>\n<li>Light microscopy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e9aed4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e9aed4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"color: #a62222;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/en\/procedure\/#verfahrensliste\">Here<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is an overview of other methods.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd1ad6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd1ad6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Please contact us<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #a62222;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/en\/about-us\/#team\">directly<\/a><\/span> or via our <span style=\"color: #a62222;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofg-analytik.de\/en\/contact\/\">contact form<\/a><\/span> for a personalized consultation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Service Failure and Damage Analysis Despite high standards in quality assurance and quality control, failures or damage to products and components occur frequently in production chains. 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