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Recorded Webinars: Site Safety Index: Which Site is Your Safest Plant?
From past field failure studies, evidence has become clear that failure rates for the same product vary from site to site. Have you heard about a Site Safety Index (SSI)? It is an evaluation to indicate of the level of a site’s maintenance capabilities, activities and practices that contribute to the safety performance of safety systems at the site. Its purpose is to accurately account for site specific operational practices, and to reflect the effects of human factors on safety system performance on a site by site basis.
This webinar will provide an overview of the impact of SSI on random failure rates, realistic PFDavg calculations, describe the safety impact of SSI, and share an actual product example.
Recorded Webinars: So What? My Failure Rates Are Low?
The Impact of Using Low Failure Rates
This webinar will discuss the importance of data integrity, especially when it comes to functional safety and failure rates.
We will cover:
- What a failure rate is
- What failure rates are used for and the different techniques used to attain failure rates
- Examples of realistic vs too good to be true data
- Effects of using bad data
- What if you don’t have failure rates and how can you get them, with an example.
- Generic vs Specific failure rates
This webinar will conclude with time for queries in the end to answer any failure rate questions you may have!
Bernard Controls Group - FSE - Self Contained Electro-Hydraulic Actuators
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Rotex Manufacturers & Engineers - EHF – Electric Fail-Safe Actuators
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Rotex Manufacturers & Engineers - EHF - Self Contained Electro-Hydraulic Actuators
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: Back to Basics 03 - Safety Instrumented Function (SIF)
In the following series of blogs, we'll go back to basics and run down everything you need to know to get started in functional safety. We'll start with some more general terms and descriptions and make our way to more advanced material. 3. SIF SIF – Safety Instrumented Function –…
Euromisure WIKA Instruments S.a.s. di WIKA Italia S.r.l. - Pressure and Temperature switches
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida CTO Iwan van Beurden to Speak at ISA Calgary Show
exida's CTO and director of product development Iwan van Beurden will be participating in a panel discussion at the 2019 ISA Calgary Show. The discussion will be held on April 10th. PANEL DISCUSSION Field Instrumentation IEC 61508 Certification; that’s all you need! Right? Moderator: Simon Lucchini Panelists: Dipak Patki, Shell…
Blog Entry: Back to Basics 02 - Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
In the following series of blogs, we'll go back to basics and run down everything you need to know to get started in functional safety. We'll start with some more general terms and descriptions and make our way to more advanced material. 2. Safety Integrity Level (SIL) SIL – Safety…
Recorded Webinars: How do I get a SIL level for my PLC? (Logic Solver Certification)
Many consider the Logic Solver to be the most important piece of equipment in any safety function. Thus, most engineers who want to specify one will require IEC 61508 certification. As exida has done safety certification for a majority of these products, we can give examples of the many design quality benefits achieved. This webinar describes the objectives and the steps of the certification process.
Blog Entry: China Probes Factory as Death Toll Rises
Walking into work last week and seeing this article reassured me why I work at exida. Incidents, like this recent one at a pesticide plant in eastern China , are why we push every day to help educate people about the importance of functional safety. Have you heard about a…
Cisco Systems Inc - CSDL (Cisco Secure Development Lifecycle)
IEC 62443 in the Security Automation Equipment List
Training Course: An Overview of Changes to ISO 26262 (2nd Edition)
The 2nd edition of ISO 26262 was approved during the end of 2018. This edition has many changes sprinkled throughout the 12 parts of the standard. This course will provide an in-depth overview of the changes along with guidance on the impact of the changes on the product development lifecycle.…
News Item: exida Seminar in the UK: Improve your Functional Safety Lifecycle with exSILentia
The exida Seminar on improving your Functional Safety Lifecycle with exSILentia was success! The seminar was held on March 21st at the Hilton in Warwick, UK. The seminar was presented by Iwan van Beurden and Kate Hildenbrandt of exida. It was a great opportunity to learn more about important topics…
Recorded Webinars: Does Having an Integrated Valve Assembly Actually Create Lower Failure Rates?
When doing FMEDAs and analyzing designs, we theorized a portion of failure rates are because of failures in design themselves. If really good engineering process and procedures are created (and actually used!), a portion of field failures can be eliminated. The same goes for final element assemblies. Perfect integration is not assumed. So if your final elements are integrated, there are failures that will be eliminated! This webinar will look at what we investigate when do an integrated valve assembly assessment and how it directly impacts failure rates.
Blog Entry: Back to Basics 01 - Functional Safety
In the following series of blogs, we'll go back to basics and run down everything you need to know to get started in functional safety. We'll start with some more general terms and descriptions and make our way to more advanced material. 1. Functional Safety Functional safety means the automatic…
Recorded Webinars: IT and OT Cybersecurity, Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Information Technology and Operational Technology are the two groups responsible for managing industrial cybersecurity, but often they work separately with little communication or common understanding of how each groups’ objectives play a role in the overall cybersecurity of the IACS. Developing clear communication and common understanding between IT and OT groups is essential for securing the IACS from the business network to the BPCS and SIS zones.
Co-presented by exida Senior Cybersecurity Engineer Robert Michalsky.
News Item: exida’s William Goble Presenting at 2019 DLC Stakeholder Meeting
exida founder and Head of Certification William Goble will give a presentation at the 2019 DLC Stakeholder Meeting on how to apply IEC 62443 to protect against cyber threats. Applying the Global Automation Standard IEC 62443 to protect against cyber threats It is appropriate that Automation OEMs in many different…
News Item: exida Presenting and Exhibiting at AIChE’s 2019 Spring Meeting & 15th GCPS
exida will be presenting and exhibiting at the AIChE’s 2019 Spring Meeting & 15th GCPS to be held March 31 - April 4, 2019 in New Orleans. Stop by Booth #809 during exhibit hours. This year we will be showcasing some of our newest functional safety, alarm management, and cybersecurity…
Training Course: Fundamentals of Alarm Management for the Practitioner: How to Apply ISA-18.2 / IEC 62682
This Course is Also Offered Online Effective alarm management is a pre-requisite for process plants that want to be successful in today’s global marketplace. It impacts the bottom line by minimizing unplanned downtime, reducing insurance premiums, preventing process safety incidents, and enabling operational excellence. To deliver these benefits to the…