Legal expertise in Laboratory : materials and failure analysis

The 6NAPSE Group laboratories carry out material analyzes as part of legal expertise and/or dispute resolution.

Laboratory provider for impartial and technical investigations on all types of materials

The 6NAPSE Group laboratories support insurance adjusters, insured adjusters, legal adjusters, CRAC adjusters, TEA certified adjusters, damage-works adjusters, high-stakes adjusters and insurance companies. We carry out the expertise of all types of materials (glass breakage expertise, research of plastics, metals, paints and coatings, etc.).

We provide a complete laboratory expertise circumstantial report to feed your reflections and your expert note. Our laboratories are independent of all industrial groups or buildings, so they guarantee expertise in complete impartiality.

Buildings: homes, tertiary buildings, health establishments, hotels, restaurants, theatres, museums, agricultural works, public establishments, etc.
Works of art, civil engineering: bridges, viaducts, tunnels, …
Industrial (agri-food, pharmaceutical, etc.): production tools, raw materials, finished products, packaging, process, etc.

Expertise of failure following a disaster

Characterization of failure mechanisms, search for causes and physico-chemical analyzes (water damage, fire outbreak, fault in the supplier’s or installer’s equipment, property damage, structural damage, etc.)
- Wear
- Cracking
- Fractography
- Corrosion
- Aspect default
- Material analysis
- Blistering
- Alteration
- Deformation
- Mechanical fault
- Sealing
- Discoloration
- Short circuit
- …
Expertise on coatings (paints, floors, coatings, etc.)
Analysis of foreign bodies (particles, deposits, pollutants), identification of heavy metals and microbiological analysis
Reconstruction of failures by simulation: vibration reproduction, reproduction of a material failure, thermal analysis by simulation, etc.

Travel to the site of the dispute

for taking samples to ensure sample integrity and consistency

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expertises judiciaires verre peinture décollement corrosion dégradation

Application cases

Paint peeling after installation of metal barriers
Degradation at the base of an aluminum pole
Analysis of white streaks on glazing
Corrosion on a metal structure

6NAPSE Group assets

Experience of almost 30 years
A fleet of technical means (MEB-EDX, Microtomography X, DRX, DSC, IRTF, …) and a network of partner laboratories.
Quality accreditations (ISO9001/17025)
Confidentiality of expertise