Scope & Range of Services

Registered Professional Engineer
Certificate No. MF002174
State of California.

READ CONSULTING is a full service materials science and engineering firm that provides modern failure analysis services to a broad range of clients. Included are the areas of litigation and patent disputes. In addition, READ CONSULTING provides services to industry in the areas of failure analysis, process development and process improvement. Read Consulting is prepared to use its experience and expertise to analyze customers' specific problems.

Dr. Thomas L. Read, CEO of Read Consulting received his PhD. from Stanford University in 1972. He has over 25 years of manufacturing experience in electronics, metallurgy, factory safety, failure analysis, glass fracture, glass failure and bottle failure. As a member of the electronics industry, Dr. Read has earned process patents and has an extensive background in manufacturing techniques. In parallel, he has spent over twenty five years as a consultant to attorneys and engineers in the areas of failure analysis, metallurgy, glass fracture, glass failure, bottle failure, factory safety, manufacturing problems, intellectual property and patent disputes. During this time he has made numerous depositions and court appearances. Below is a partial list of the types of cases he has worked on:

Failure Analysis; Factory Safety and Personal Injury (included are machine guards and manufacturing safety).

Glass Failure Analysis; Glass Fracture, Glass Failures, Bottle Failure; Metal Failures; Ceramic Failures; Grinding Wheel Failures

Intellectual Property and Patent Disputes

Product Liability and Product Quality

Manufacturing Disagreements (such as Intellectual Property, failed equipment and contract disputes).

Evaluation of manufacturing capabilities for banks and other financial institutions.

Reverse Engineering