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News Item: exida Presenting and Exhibiting at the Annual Instrumentation and Automation Symposium
exida will be presenting and exhibiting at the 73rd Annual Instrumentation and Automation Symposium for the Process Industries on January 23-25, 2018 in College Station, TX. Stop by and say hello. exida's Director of Product Development Iwan van Beurden will be presenting a paper entitled Automatic Application Program Creation based…
Blog Entry: Frequently asked questions about ANSI/CSA 22.2 No. 336 for Robotic Engineers
On January 5th CSA Group published the first edition of particular requirements for rechargeable battery-operated commercial robotic floor treatment machines with traction drives. CSA 22.2 - 336 is a National Standard of Canada. Why Should I Care? If you are a robotics engineer working for a company planning to sell…
News Item: exida Certifies Panduit VeriSafe AVT for Functional Safety
exida, the global leader in functional safety certification for the process industries, has certified Panduit’s VeriSafe (AVT) Absence of Voltage Tester for functional safety, ensuring it meets the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capability per IEC 61508: 2010. The VeriSafe™ AVT automates and simplifies the process…
Quality Hydraulic Power Limited - QP Piston Accumulators and QPC Piston Compensators
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Introducing exSILentia® 4’s new SILver™ Release
Happy New Year!
What better to start a new year than with something new? In this case not just anything new, but rather a major new release of exSILentia® including SILver™.
See how exSILentia® integrates the conceptual design verification in an unprecedented way, allowing you to break through the clutter. So what is new? SILver™ now extensively uses the exSILentia® data core’s library system allowing you to easily reuse sensor/final element groups, legs, and even individual devices. SILver™ now extensively uses a device model concept that improves integration with SILstat™ and subsequent failure data collection. And there are many more new features.
This webinar will provide you with an overview of this major exSILentia® release.
Blog Entry: Why is Safety Certification So Tough?
Some organizations complain about the ‘high bar’ to comply with 61508. They complain that there is too much overhead in documentation and testing, and it all costs too much. Other organizations actually benefit from this ‘high bar’ as a barrier to entry for competitors. This is a differentiation factor for…
Bray International - Tri Lok Butterfly Valves with Series 98 Actuators
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: VIDEO: HSE Industrial Automation Cybersecurity Operational Guideline Compliance
The HSE Industrial Automation Cybersecurity Operational Guideline was published in March of 2017. This operational guideline represents the HSE’s interpretation on current standards on industrial communication networks, system security, and functional safety in so far as they relate to major hazards in the workplace. This operational guideline should contribute towards…
Honeywell, Inc. - RM/EC7800 Burner Controller Series 1000/2000
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Integration of Automation Lifecycles
How Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, and Alarm Management Work Together.
Functional Safety standards have addressed how hazards and their risks are to be analyzed and protected against, as well as how the effectiveness of the protection must be evaluated and maintained.
With the use of PLC based systems, the ease of generating alarms has increased significantly and alarm floods are common in most plants. Alarm management standards are addressing concepts of rationalization and prioritization.
With advancements in automation the threats of cyber-attacks and cybersecurity incidents has presented itself. 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.
This pulls from the functional safety, cybersecurity and alarm management lifecycles to create one unified approach to safety and security.
This presentation will address a combined lifecycle approach while using common automation examples to enhance the importance of the integration of the respective automation needs.
Training Course: ISO 26262 Road Vehicles Functional Safety - Product Development at the Software Level
Electronic systems carry out many functions in modern automobiles, including driver assistance functions, vehicle dynamics control, and active/passive safety systems. The complexity of electronically-driven operations, especially safety functions, makes predicting safety performance extremely difficult. More action will be required, furthermore, to reduce the risks of systematic and random hardware failures…
Training Course: ISO 26262 Road Vehicles Functional Safety - Hardware Development and Analyses
Electronic systems carry out many functions in modern automobiles, including driver assistance functions, vehicle dynamics control, and active/passive safety systems. The complexity of electronically-driven operations, especially safety functions, makes predicting safety performance extremely difficult. More action will be required, furthermore, to reduce the risks of systematic and random hardware failures…
Training Course: ISO 26262 Road Vehicles Functional Safety – For Leaders
Electronic systems carry out many functions in modern automobiles, including driver assistance functions, vehicle dynamics control, and active/passive safety systems. The complexity of electronically-driven operations, especially safety functions, makes predicting safety performance extremely difficult. More action will be required, furthermore, to reduce the risks of systematic and random hardware failures…
Training Course: ISO 26262 Road Vehicles Functional Safety - Guideline on application of ISO 26262 to semiconductors
This Course is Also Offered Online Electronic systems carry out many functions in modern automobiles, including driver assistance functions, vehicle dynamics control, and active/passive safety systems. The complexity of electronically-driven operations, especially safety functions, makes predicting safety performance extremely difficult. More action will be required, furthermore, to reduce the risks…
Recorded Webinars: Mechanical Issues That Can Impact Your ESD
Are you accounting for all mechanical issues that can impact your ESD?
Safe shutdowns in industrial settings such as a chemical plant, oil refinery or deep sea oil rig, frequently involve safety instrumented systems in place. These safety systems are designed to promptly bring about a safe shutdown of a process if certain hazardous conditions are detected, recurrently encompass isolating a process fluid flow, often accomplished by the use of an ESD (Emergency Shutdown) valve. If the ESD fails dangerously, when a hazardous condition necessitating a shutdown occurs and the ESD does not perform its function when required, the worst case consequences can be catastrophic. To insure a safe process, each individual part of the process is looked at in depth to analyze the failure rate and failure mode data for each component in a safety instrumented function as a safety lifestyle. This webinar will look at the cause and effects of parts on an ESD binding or sticking and other mechanical issues might do to your process.
Bifold Fluidpower Ltd. - EHPC210 Valve Controller
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: IEC 62443 Certification Accreditation by ANSI
exida has received ANSI (American National Standards Institute) accreditation for Certification Body scope extensions for the IEC 62443 cybersecurity standards. Four new schemes have been defined. New schemes include: The eSDC (exida Security Device Certification) which covers control, network, platform, and application “devices” as defined in IEC 62443. The eSDP…
Recorded Webinars: The Evolving IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Certification
Discussions about cybersecurity are becoming more and more common. Committees are being formed, schemes are being developed, and companies are now starting to certify their products and processes. Due to the increased risks of cybersecurity, the global IEC 62443 committee has taken the baton and has created a set of standards to help protect manufacturers, end users, and people. This webinar will answer some frequently asked questions when discussing IEC 62443 cybersecurity certification.
News Item: White Paper Update: exida IEC 61508 - Functional Safety and IEC 62443 - Cybersecurity Certification
The exida IEC 61508 Certification Program was established in 2005 in response to demand primarily from end users in the process industries and manufacturers of instrumentation products. There was a need to provide a higher quality of technical expertise with effective and responsive service. exida is an accredited Certification Body…
News Item: exida Oil & Gas/Petrochemical event in Indonesia
50 Indonesian Oil & Gas/Petrochemical companies attended an event organized by exida Asia Pacific in Jakarta on November 24, 2017. Mr. Paul Chan from exida Asia Pacific presented two topics – “ Overview of exSILentia Safety Lifecycle Suite ” and “ Seven Steps to an Effective Alarm Management Program ”.…