FAILURE ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH WEAR RESISTANT LOCALLY- MANUFACTURED GOLD - MILL GRINDING PLATES

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<p> </p><div><div><b>1.0. Introduction</b></div><div>Failure analysis is the process of collecting and analyzing data to determine the cause or causes of failure in general. It is the process by which scientists, technologists, engineers and business analysts use to assess the failure mechanism of any component in service that failed. It is an important area in every manufacturing industry (Neville, 2011).</div><div><br></div><div>Due to one reason or the other, machine component often experiences one form of service failure- the consequences which could include death and financial losses. Legal ramifications have encouraged the development of effective failure analysis method. While the cost of failure analysis may exceed the value of the part damaged, in some instances the cost of service failures usually far exceeds the cost of failure analysis (Neville, 2011).</div><div><br></div>Machine components may fail either as a result of the environmental conditions they are exposed to or the kind of stresses they experience. Often a combination of both environmental and stress condition can cause failure. In essence, these components are designed to withstand both the environmental condition and the stress they will be subjected to in service so that they can serve optimally in life. The designing of a metallic component involves not only a specific elemental compositions, it involves also specific aspect of materials selection processes such as, machining process, heat treatment, experience and skills of the producers. The huge arrays of different metals that exist have unique physical and chemical properties; specific properties are incorporated into metallic components to make them more robust to environmental conditions (Thomas, <i>et al</i>&nbsp;1999).....</div><br> <br><p></p>