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Autronica Fire and Security - AutroVu Model AV10 with Model CGS
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: Why Run-to-Fail Is Not A Good Maintenance Strategy For SIS
One of the fundamentals of the Probability of Failure on Demand (PFDavg) calculations in SIL verification analysis, is the concept of a constant failure-rate during useful life of the equipment. Probabilistic calculations assume that the failure rate of the devices used in a Safety Instrumented System 〈SIS〉 remains constant during…
News Item: exida Certifies Emerson TEC2000 with TEC2 Electronics Electric Actuator For Functional Safety
exida, the global leader in functional safety certification for the process industries, has certified Emerson Process Management Valve Automation, Inc. TEC2000 with TEC2 Electronics (SIL Option) Electric Actuator for functional safety, ensuring it meets the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capability per IEC 61508: 2010. “TEC2000…
Recorded Webinars: Functional Safety Management Planning Part 2: Analysis, Design and Verification Considerations
This is the second in a series of three webinars on Functional Safety Management Planning. Part 2 compares features of some methods for risk assessment, IPL allocation and SIL determination. Contents for the Safety Requirements Specification (SRS) are listed with some frequently overlooked elements highlighted. Requirements for software development and testing are summarized and tips for setting owner expectations are provided. Finally, lifecycle verification requirements are enumerated and an approach to implementation is suggested.
News Item: Emerson and exida Host a Free Alarm Management Best Practices Seminar in the UK
ALARM MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES SEMINAR “Getting your Alarm Management / Alarm System Under Control” Emerson Automation Solutions and exida are hosting a FREE Alarm Management Seminar to learn how to apply alarm management best practices to DeltaV alarm systems on Friday 14th July 2017 in Middlesbrough, UK. The seminar will…
Panduit - VeriSafe AVT Absence of Voltage Tester
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Calculating Unit MTTFS with exSILentia
Calculating the spurious trip rate for a single Safety Instrumented Function is rather trivial. However, in many cases one would like to know the frequency of spurious trips of the entire unit. This can be easily calculated within exSILentia. This webinar will review concepts of spurious failures, spurious trip rate vs. mean time to fail spurious as well as how to use exSILentia to obtain an accurate unit spurious trip rate.
News Item: exida Presenting at 2nd Safety Control Systems & Hazardous Areas Conference - Auckland, New Zealand
exida's Eric Scharpf will be leading a keynote presentation and workshop at the 2nd Safety Control Systems & Hazardous Areas Conference in Auckland, New Zealand on August 22 & 23, 2017. Every year, industry experiences catastrophic fires, explosions or toxic releases. These events can result in injury, loss of life…
Recorded Webinars: Improve Safety and Reduce False Trips - Configuring the Safety Transmitter Interface
Safety certified transmitters often signal a failure detected by their excellent diagnostics via sending the current output levels to “Out Of Range.” If the safety PLC is correctly configured to interpret these currents, safety can be improved and the false trip rate can be reduced. This webinar will explain how to configure the Safety Transmitter Interface.
DHV Industries Inc. - Series BD and BE
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
DHV Industries Inc. - One-Piece and Two-Piece Series
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
DHV Industries Inc. - Two-Piece, Three-Piece, and Top Entry Series
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: exida Cyber Blog Series 03 - Process Safety and Cybersecurity, Related or Still Distant Cousins?
To be clear, the above title is meant to capture your attention. We all understand and know that it is unusual for a Process Safety engineer and the IT architect to possess detailed knowledge of both safety and security. In today’s world, the operators, engineers, design and support personnel of…
United Electric Controls - 120 Series
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
United Electric Controls - 100 Series
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Rosemount Inc. - 3051S MultiVariable Transmitter
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: Making Use of Leading and Lagging Indicators – Are You Using These for Functional Safety?
Some of you reading this may not be aware or familiar with the terms “leading” and “lagging” indicators, when applied to Functional Safety. The concept isn’t new but does provide significant benefit when applying this to Functional Safety because, if used correctly, these indicators can help significantly improve performance. Let’s…
News Item: Introducing the exSILentia - DeltaV SIS Configurator
As part of our exSILentia Live Event , exida rolled out a brand new plugin for exSILentia. exSILentia , the global safety lifecycle tool, now automatically configures DeltaV SIS! The exSILentia® DeltaV SIS Configurator plug-in takes a conceptual design, configured in the SIL verification tool (SILver), and converts that configuration…
Elektrobit Automotive GmbH - EB tresos® Safety OS 2.x for TriCore TC29xT
IEC 61508, ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida at Valve World Americas Expo 2017
exida will be exhibiting at Valve World Americas Expo 2017 on June 20-21, 2017 in Houston,TX, USA. Stop by booth 1751 and say hello. The Valve World Americas event will cover a variety of valve and valve-related topics that are essential to today’s valve market. There will be plenary presentations…