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AZ-Armaturen South Africa (Pty) Ltd - F-2-ISO-STD/CA/CASN/FS/FSN and RH Control Valve
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida Announces Business Partnership with TECSA
exida, a global supplier of functional safety products, services and certifications is pleased to announce a business partnership with TECSA S.r.l . “Partnership with exida, a global leader in functional safety, cybersecurity, training and alarm management as well as certification of products and people,is the latest achievement of TECSA Operational…
News Item: exida Presenting and Exhibiting at 29th National Robot Safety Conference
exida will be exhbiting and presenting at this year's 29th National Robot Safety Conference October 10-12, 2017 in Pittsburgh, PA at the OMNI William Penn Hotel. exida's Senior Safety Engineer Mike Mdoff will be on a panel talking about Cybersecurity and the IIoT. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Robot sales are at…
Blog Entry: IEC 61508 Functional Safety Certificates - To Accept or not to Accept?
I get an email that includes a “certificate” of some sort most every week. The sender asks “Can I accept this certificate?” Or the sender might ask “Are these failure rates valid for the process industries?” At exida we have some specific criteria we use when performing third party independent…
Blog Entry: Outer Banks: How Could This Massive Power Outage Happen?
I, like many others, was stunned to hear that there was a major power outage covering the Outer Banks. Being an engineer, my instincts were to immediately investigate what happened and what steps occurred to lead to that point. Even before I did research, my mind was already asking “Why…
Texas Instruments - TDA3X ADAS SoC
ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Improving Safety Lifecycle Data Flow Reduces Project Cost
Efforts to prioritize safety are often limited by budget constraints. However, it’s possible to improve safety work processes and reduce project costs simultaneously. Seamless flow of process safety data from analysis to design and implementation, and finally operations and maintenance lifecycle phases save valuable time and reduce overall project costs.
Recorded Webinars: Motor Controllers 101
Motor Controllers in electrical final elements are becoming a hot topic. With less data and experience available for these electrical final elements, placing them in a safety function becomes challenging.
This webinar will discuss:
- What is a motor controller
- Does the market see a need for safety
- How do you select or evaluate one for a safety system
Recorded Webinars: Functional Safety Management Planning, Part 3 - Implementation, Operation and Beyond
This is the third in a series of three webinars on Functional Safety Management Planning. Part 3 focuses on verification, implementation and operation elements of the safety lifecycle. In part 2, lifecycle verification requirements are enumerated and an approach to implementation were suggested. Part 3 will highlight several challenges frequently experienced in verification and how these can affect the final validation. Tips to vet certificates and failure rate data are provided. Key requirements for the implementation and monitoring plan are given and supporting procedures are suggested. Finally, we will discuss requirements modification and decommissioning.
Recorded Webinars: Evaluating a Functional Safety Certificate: What It All Means
You are about to buy a functional safety certified product and are presented a certificate. What does all the information on it mean? How do you know what to look for? How do you interpret if the product will suit your needs?
This webinar will investigate the significant amount of information on a certificate that may not be always trivial for a novice. We will break down the certificates to understand each section, learn how to interpret the information given to see if that product will be your best option, and look at examples along with how to spot a fake!
Blog Entry: Making the Most of Customer Feedback
Your organization gets information, feedback, and requests from customers all the time. It’s up to you to do some preliminary analysis and determine what the customer really wants. Do they want to buy something? Do they want to complain about something? Do they have a need for which no one…
Blog Entry: exida Cyber Blog Series 04 - Cybersecurity Metrics, Diagnostics, and Alarms: What’s What?
Co-written by Todd Stauffer, Director of Alarm Management Services at exida A wise man once said, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” Let's apply this to the world of cybersecurity to discuss the importance of cybersecurity metrics and how they are different from a cyber diagnostic and a cyber…
Recorded Webinars: Electric Final Control Devices
While majority of safety instrumented functions utilize a valve assembly as the final element a fair number use electric final elements. There is less data and experience available for electric final elements making the design and maintenance areas of the lifecycle more challenging. This webinar will review some of the more common electric final elements, the data available for modeling them, and some of the considerations to include when designing them into safety systems.
Swagelok Company - Series AFS & SK
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Swagelok Company - Series 83 & H83
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Swagelok Company - Series BN, HB & U
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Swagelok Company - Series C, CA, CH, CP & CPA
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Swagelok Company - Series DF, DP, DL & DS
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Swagelok Company - Series N & HN
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Detector Electronics, LLC - FlexVu® Model UD10 with Model CGS
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List