# Factory Defect Doctor & Troubleshooting Engine

      

Use the interactive Defect Doctor to narrow down root causes in polymer extrusion, PVC footwear, wire and cable compounds, coatings and related manufacturing processes.

      
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## Defect reference library

    - [**Die Lip Plate-Out & Waxy Drool Build-Up**](/defect-doctor/die-lip-plate-out) — Twin-Screw Pipe & Profile Extrusion

    - [**Winter Sub-Zero Sole Cracking & Flex-Groove Fracture**](/defect-doctor/winter-sole-flex-crack) — Rotary Footwear Injection Molding & Soles

    - [**Plasticizer Sweating, Exudation & Oily Surface Residue**](/defect-doctor/plasticizer-sweating-migration) — Flexible PVC, Wire Sheathing & Synthetic Leather

    - [**Tool Chatter, Micro-Welding Seizure & Poor Surface Finish**](/defect-doctor/metalworking-tool-chatter-seizure) — Metalworking Fluids, Neat Cutting & Broaching Oils

    - [**Pigment Flocculation, Haze & Loss of Specular Gloss**](/defect-doctor/coating-pigment-flocculation) — Industrial Protective Coatings & Paints

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