- by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
- Thursday, May 17, 2018
- Functional Safety
Does Everyone Really Ignore Failure Rates?
While discussing functional safety certification of an integrated valve assembly with a manufacturer, exida stated that all devices (actuator, pneumatic parts, valve, etc.) must be IEC 61508 certified. The manufacturer said this was no problem, and provided a set of exida and TÜV certificates.
Of…
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- by Iwan van Beurden, CFSE
- Thursday, August 23, 2012
- Functional Safety
Super-Duper Logic Solver Data; So what?
I am working on a SIL verification project and just had to share some observations.
For this project, the customer decided to choose a logic solver for which no data is listed in the exida Safety Equipment Reliability Handbook (SERH). One could…
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