12 THINGS TO DO AFTER DISCOVERING A MECHANICAL FAILURE

摘要

So your pipe sprang a leak, or your drive shaft snapped, or maybe that welded joint fractured, and you need to find out why, and how to remedy it. The next steps you take could mean the difference between getting answers to those questions, and going in the wrong direction. Before you start cutting up the leaking section of the pipe, or removing that fractured valve, or digging out that broken bolt, here are a few steps to take that will preserve key information useful for analyzing the failure, which is the basis for finding a solution to your problem. You've got to think of this failure as a 'crime scene' and yourself as part of the detective team.