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Random vs. Systematic?
  • by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
  • Wednesday, May 07, 2014
  • Certification

Random vs. Systematic?

Most of you know that exida gathers field failure data from many sources including manufacturers’ warranty return data and end user maintenance/failure records.  At this point we have nearly 100 billion unit operating hours of data.  This is probably the largest process industry data set in the world.  And…

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The New Technology in Logic Solvers
  • by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
  • Thursday, September 27, 2018
  • Certification

The New Technology in Logic Solvers

I heard about a “safety certified” PLC in the late 1980s at an ISA S standard committee meeting. The “logic solver” (as they later called it) was the focus of attention in the field of functional safety back then. Many engineers even said, “My system is safe because I…

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