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Yokogawa Electric Corporation - YTA710 & YTA610 Temperature Transmitter
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: How Secure Is Your Safety Instrumented System 〈SIS〉?
As the cybersecurity threats in the industrial world continue to rise, the automation world continues to grapple with how to address these issues. As such, the newly released IEC61511-1: 2016 edition has included a new clause to address this (Clause 8.2.4). In essence, End Users have to carry out a…
ASCO, L.P. - Series 364 Solenoid Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: FMEDA Predictions
The FMEDA technique is performed on a specific device (e.g., ball valve, pressure transmitter, temperature sensor, electronic module, etc.) specified down to the manufacturer and series/model. Based on the specifics of the design, the parts used to execute the design, the design margins, any automatic diagnostics, the specific use and…
White Paper: Properly Assessing Diagnostic Credit in Safety Instrumented Functions Operating in High Demand Mode
According to the basic functional safety standard IEC61508:2010 Part 2 [1], when assessing the safety performance of a safety instrumented function (SIF) operating in high demand mode, full credit can be given for the positive effects of automatic self‐diagnostics (ASD) in SIF devices provided the frequency of ASD execution is…
Blog Entry: Introduction to ICS Security - Pt. 1 - What is ICS Security and Why it Is Important
Over the next couple of blogs, I plan to map out the importance of ISA/IEC-62443/ISA-99 based cybersecurity and how it applies to your work environment. I'll also explain some of our services so that you can see what might pertain to you. For part 1, I will start from the…
Autronica Fire and Security AS - HC800 Infrared Gas Detector
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
TechnipFMC - Shallow E3 Actuated Gate Valve
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
TechnipFMC - E3 Actuated Gate Valve
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
FMC Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd - HYT Series 80, 120, 155 & 175
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Safe Failures Aren’t Always your Best Friend (2016)
It is important that a plant does not encounter spurious trips, therefore disrupting process and losing time and money. Even more important is preventing the occurrence of an accident that could result in a loss of a plant, damage to the environment, or even loss of life.
This webinar will discuss how calculating the spurious trip rate is important and what can be done with that number (saving time and money). It will also cover dangerous detected failures, and how those play a part in the Safe Failure Fraction calculation and how they are compared to spurious trips. How simple mechanical devices and/or final elements can still partake in SIL ratings by means of the 2H method of evaluation without adding additional safe failures will also be presented.
Blog Entry: Who’s Driving Your Process?
When I start working with new customers for IEC 61508 certification projects, it’s easy to understand why they might not have a compliant development process for functional safety: they’ve never done it before! They understand their market and their products, but they need help to understand the IEC 61508 standard…
Recorded Webinars: Site Safety Index: The Awareness of Safety Culture (2016)
When comparing competing products, it is expected to see different failure rates. However, when manufacturing companies compare internal failure rates between their different site locations, they are noticing different failure rates as well! Why is this? The difference in failure rates could be any range from 1.2X – 2X based on data received to date. Research has concluded that random failures can be divided in to two categories: product specific and site specific. The differences seem to be related to site variables that some have called “Safety Culture.” exida defines this variable as the “Site Safety Index (SSI).” This webinar will provide an overview of the impact of SSI on random failure rates, realistic PFDAVG calculations, and the impact of a good safety culture on lifecycle cost.
IMI Critical Engr PBM - Sanitary Ball Valve (Series 6, 8, and 9)
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IMI Critical Engr PBM - IB Series Ball Valve
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: “Never tell me the odds”
-Han Solo, Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 I have enjoyed watching and reading about the actions of the fictional Star Wars character Han Solo over the years. I recall hearing the above quotation more than once. And as much as I enjoyed watching this character, I…
Green Hills Software LLC - MULTI IDE/Toolchain and Runtime Libraries
IEC 61508, EN 50128, EN 50657, ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: Functional Safety Evolution
Protection systems have been around for a long time, going back to having a canary in the mine, and throughout the Industrial Revolution; so they are not a new thing. Various stakeholders were involved in business enterprises: owners, suppliers, consumers, community members, and workers. Usually the business owners held the…
News Item: exida Now Accepting Nominations for 2016 Safety Awards
exida, the world’s foremost technical authority and certification agency, is pleased to announce its 2016 exida Safety Awards. The awards are meant to honor the most outstanding functional safety or cybersecurity products/processes certified by exida per IEC 61508/IEC 61511/IEC 62443 in the following categories: Components Engineering Process Final Elements Logic…
News Item: exida Presenting Lunch and Learn Workshops this August
Steve Gandy, exida VP Global Business Development and Eric Persson, exida Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will be presenting various Lunch and Learn workshops this August. The Lunch and Learns will discuss: Introduction & Overview of exida IEC 61511 & Cybersecurity – The New Requirements Undertaking an ICS Cybersecurity Assessment Cybersecurity Case…