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Training Course: IEC 61511: Operations & Maintenance
This Course is Also Offered Online In this course, the student develops an understanding of the requirements for operations and maintenance in IEC 61511. You will also understand the importance in the functional safety lifecycle and how good and bad maintenance impacts the performance of the SIS and its SIFs.…
Emerson - Rosemount 8800D Vortex Flowmeter
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida CTO IWAN van BEURDEN BECOMES ISA FELLOW
The International Society of Automation (ISA) announced that exida’s Chief Technology Officer Iwan van Beurden has received the distinguished membership grade of ISA Fellow for development of probabilistic analysis safety verification data, methods, and tools used to improve the safety lifecycle in the process industries. ISA Fellow status is granted…
Recorded Webinars: How to Effectively Use Certified Equipment in Fire and Gas Systems (Part 1)
This webinar is a collaboration with MICROPACK (Engineering) Ltd with special guest James McNay.
Certifying detectors is an important step in achieving and reassuring safety for Fire and Gas Systems (FGS). How these products are used in a system is just as important.
With an increased scrutiny and more robust requirements, Fire and Gas (F&G) Mapping has become a critical step. How would one review the F&G coverage of a facility is adequate? What yardstick would be used in determining suitability of the system? How do we audit this coverage in light of facility modifications throughout the facility lifecycle?
This webinar will not only talk about certifying a F&G product but will also investigate the typical processes of a F&G Mapping exercise and discuss the benefits of a consistent approach to FGS Design throughout the lifecycle of a facility.
News Item: Article in September 2017 Chemical Engineering Process: Plug the Holes in the Swiss Cheese Model
An article authored by exida's director of Alarm Management services Todd Stauffer, P.E.has been published in the September 2017 Chemical Engineering Process (CEP) magazine . The article is entitled Plug the Holes in the Swiss Cheese Model . Stop using operator error as an excuse. Apply human factors considerations to…
ASCO, L.P. - 381 3-Way NC
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Why the FSP Certificate Program is Important
In today’s market, proof of competency is becoming more and more important. exida’s Functional Safety Practitioner (FSP) program is a certificate program that addresses a growing need to provide confirmation that an attendee shows competency by retaining the knowledge presented in various exida academy courses (like FSE 100 - IEC 61511: Functional Safety Analysis, Design, and Operation).
The FSP program provides an analysis of where the candidate’s strengths and weaknesses lie and also helps a participant judge their competency level if interested in obtaining a certification like the CFSP or CFSE.
Honeywell International Inc. - SmartLine STT700 Temperature Transmitter with HART
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: New White Paper - Criteria for the Application of IEC 61508:2010 Route 2H
This paper explains how exida applies the requirements of IEC61508:2010 Route 2H to its process of certifying devices for use in safety applications. Rather than having specific designs and a long list of specific rules that become obsolete, the IEC 61508 standard allows any safety instrumented function (SIF) design to…
White Paper: Criteria for the Application of IEC 61508:2010 Route 2H
This paper explains how exida applies the requirements of IEC61508:2010 Route 2H to its process of certifying devices for use in safety applications. Rather than having specific designs and a long list of specific rules that become obsolete, the IEC 61508 standard allows any safety instrumented function (SIF) design to…
News Item: exida Article in Valve Magazine
An article entitled Are Your Safety Instrumented Systems Proof Tests Effective? authored by exida Senior Engineer Loren Stewart has been published in Valve Magazine . Many people assume that a proof test of a safety function is 100% effective. Depending on the test used, this may very well be wrong.…
News Item: New Youtube Video on Proof Test Coverage
In this video, exida's Steve Gandy explains how Proof Test Coverage can affect the SIL Rating of your Safety Instrumented Function (SIF). In particular, he looks at Low Demand SIFs in a process application.
News Item: exida Academy Upcoming Course Schedule
exida has some exciting public course offerings for today's functional safety professional. exida offers a variety of public courses in the realm of functional safety, industrial cybersecurity, and alarm management. Most courses are held in exida's brand new training facility in Sellersville, PA, USA with easy access to Philadelphia and…
Recorded Webinars: Seven Steps to an Effective Alarm Management Program
Are your operators overloaded with alarms or do they ignore nuisance alarms? Do you want to improve your alarm management practices, but don’t know where to start? This presentation discusses how to create an effective and sustainable program using the alarm management lifecycle of the IEC 62682 / ISA-18.2 standards. This unique seven-step process can be applied to brownfield and greenfield applications, independent of control system platform. It includes steps for benchmarking initial performance and identifying systematic issues, developing an alarm philosophy, performing alarming rationalization and implementing the results, creating alarm response procedures, applying advanced alarming techniques, measuring ongoing performance, and performing audits to ensure system integrity.
The presentation will show how following the program will allow you to address common alarm management issues (alarm overload, nuisance alarms, alarm floods, incorrectly prioritized alarms) and create a control room environment that maximizes operator performance, improves process safety, and drives operational discipline. Examples will be taken from multiple control system platforms including Emerson DeltaV, Rockwell PlantPAx, Honeywell Experion, Yokogawa Centum, and Siemens PCS 7.
Recorded Webinars: Are Your Safety Instrumented Systems Proof Tests Effective?
A webinar based on this article in Valve World Magazine.
Most engineers who design and verify safety instrumented functions (SIFs) understand how hard it is to design a manual proof test with high effectiveness (also called high proof test coverage).
Proof test coverage is an important variable in Safety Instrumented System design that can impact risk reduction by an entire SIL level. This is shown in PFDavg calculations.
Everyone in functional safety will tell you that “safety” will vary from site to site, let alone manufacturer to manufacturer. We will start the webinar with the exida approach to unravelling these safety differences.
This Wednesday’s webinar will explain proof test coverage, why this is an important safety parameter, and show that the real objective is to detect failures NOT detected by automatic diagnostics. The seminar will explain how proof test coverage is calculated and show several examples of proof test procedures along with the test coverage.
News Item: exida Certifies Vector AUTOSAR-RTE to ISO 26262 Standard for Functional Safety
AUTOSAR-RTE from Vector Receives Certification for ISO 26262 up to ASIL D from exida The AUTOSAR Runtime Environment (RTE) from Vector fulfills the requirements of ISO 26262 up to ASIL D. exida – an internationally recognized specialist in functional safety – certified this on August 21, 2017. By using the…
Recorded Webinars: Evaluating Manufacturer’s Certificates and Failure Rates (2017)
IEC 61511:2016 asks for three things to be checked to verify a specific design for a given SIL level. When selecting products to use in safety applications, two important pieces of information to perform the verification should be provided by the manufacturer of the product – the functional safety certificate and the failure rate data. Of course, prior use justification can substitute for functional safety certification. But for those who do not have lots of experience with a product, functional safety certification is the preferred path. This webinar will describe the acceptance procedures used by exida when performing third party SIF verification and the reasoning for those procedures. Anyone who has responsibility for safety product selection or SIF verification should attend.
Flowserve Corporation - FlowAct Diaphragm Actuator
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Elliott Company - Pneumatic Trip System
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida Presenting and Exhibiting at 2017 Emerson Global User Exchange
exida will be presenting and exhibiting at the 2017 Emerson Global User Exchange to be held October 2-6, 2017 in Minneapolis,MN. Stop by Booth #220 during exhibit hours. Also, Iwan van Beurden, exida Chief Technology Officer, Kate Hildenbrandt, exida Software Sales Engineer, Todd Stauffer, exida Director of Alarm Management, and…