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Profire Energy, Inc. - PF31xx Burner Control System
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: White Paper: DeltaV SIS Configuration Using exSILentia
Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) have traditional been configured manually using different source documents such as the Safety Requirement Specification (SRS), Cause and Effect matrices (CEM), Safety Integrity Level (SIL) calculations, and I/O definition among other information. Emerson partnered with exida to deliver a database-based solution that enables automatic configuration of…
News Item: exida Article Featured in July Automation.com eBook
The article entitled Getting Realistic Failure Rate Data is featured in the July 2018 Advancing Automation Safety Innovations eBook published by Automation.com. The discipline of Reliability Engineering depends upon a key metric: failure rate. In the past, it was practical to perform a “life test,” where by a set of…
Blog Entry: IEC 62443: Levels, Levels and More Levels
By now we’ve all become familiar with safety integrity levels (SIL), as they have become part of our everyday lives. However, with the recent release of several cybersecurity standards in the IEC 62443 series, things are getting more complicated. This series of standards introduces two more levels that we will…
Velan - API 623 Globe Valve
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Velan - Pressure Seal Gate Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Velan - Cast Steel Gate Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Velan - Coker Ball Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Velan - Metal Seated Ball Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Velan - Resilient Seated Ball Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Velan - TORQSEAL Triple-Offset Butterfly Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Final Elements 101
Learn all about final elements in this webinar! We will start looking at the different types of final elements along with key equipment selection criteria. We will also confront issues that your final elements may contribute to your Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) and the perplexing issue of failure rates.
Danfoss Power Solutions (US) Company - PLUS+1® Modular Safety Kernel
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida Announces Channel Partnership with Automation Distribution Inc.
Sellersville, PA : As the global leader in functional safety, control system cybersecurity and alarm management for the process industries, exida is pleased to announce their channel partnership with automation solutions provider Automation Distribution Inc. to offer functional safety, software and cybersecurity consulting services. The partnership helps exida extend its…
Blog Entry: How Does the IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Standard Apply to Integrators?
The IEC 62443 series of cybersecurity standards include over ten documents covering various subjects. Buying a full set is a bit expensive, but for me the real cost is the time needed to read and understand them. So I often ask one of the experts at exida for a quick…
News Item: 2018 exida User Conference in Singapore
exida Asia Pacific is pleased to announce the 2018 exida User Conference in Singapore. This conference is a great opportunity to learn about the new features of our powerful, integrated Safety Lifecycle Tool exSILentia version 4 as well as meet and engage in detailed discussions with our team of experts!…
Emerson EPRO - AMS 6500 ATG Digital Protection System
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: Q&A with Hal Thomas on ISA website
Hal Thomas, CFSE, serves as a Senior Safety Engineer at exida, a global leader in automation system safety, alarm management, cybersecurity, and availability. With more than 36 years of professional experience, Thomas is widely recognized as an expert in functional process safety analysis, including safety instrumented systems and high availability…
Blog Entry: Fake Fact: Diagnostics are useless
The idea that diagnostics are useless contradicts everything I’ve ever learned and taught about diagnostics. Diagnostics help identify problems. Diagnostics can turn a fault that is unrevealed during normal operation into a detected fault, which allows me to take action. That action could be an automatic transition to the safe…
Recorded Webinars: Performing Cyber Risk Assessments using exSILentia
Management of risk at a facility, or company-wide, requires careful consideration of potential process hazards as well as cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks not only impact business from a financial perspective, but can also initiate process safety incidents. Cybersecurity standards are being written to address these issues both from a manufacturer as well as a user perspective. The most effective method for developing a streamlined work process is the creation of a cohesive lifecycle that addresses all automation requirements. Cyber risk assessments and security level verification are simplified by leveraging best practices from functional safety.