exida, the global leader in functional safety certification for the process industries, has issued a functional safety certification per IEC 61508 for the Neo-Dyn® Pressure Switch Series, Temperature Switches Series, Differential Pressure Switches Series, and Low Pressure / Vacuum Switches Series. The certification ensures that they meet the functional safety…
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
exida, the world’s foremost technical authority and certification agency, is pleased to announce its 1st Annual Safety Awards. The awards are meant to honor the most outstanding functional safety products certified by exida per IEC 61508 in the following categories: Components Final Elements Logic Solvers Plant & Equipment Sensors Software…
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
exida, the global leader in functional safety certification for the process industries, has certified Moore Industries’ SSX and SST Safety Series isolator and splitter for functional safety, ensuring that they meet the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 2 capability per IEC 61508:2010. “Moore Industries continues their commitment…
A question was posed to me this week about why the OREDA failure rate for a solenoid valve was greater than the Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA) results from exida for a specific manufacturer’s solenoid valve. The person asking the question was clearly challenging the exida FMEDA results.…
The exida Cybersecurity Scorecard Program™ is an independent evaluation of the cybersecurity capabilities and robustness of a product or system. The evaluation criteria is based upon industry standards and specifications such as ISA/IEC 62443 (formerly ISA 99), NERC CIP, NIST 800-82 and WIB. Cybersecurity Scorecard is not pass/fail. Rather, it…
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Todd Stauffer, Director of Alarm Management at exida, takes you through a key part of the Alarm Rationalization process called Alarm Objective Analysis (AOA). You will learn how to determine what alarms you need (and which one’s you don’t), how to eliminate nuisance alarms, and safely reduce the number of…
exida, the global leader in functional safety certification for the process industries, has certified the Det-Tronics FlexSonicTM Acoustic Gas Leak Detector for functional safety, ensuring that they meet the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 2 capable per IEC 61508. “Det-Tronics has created practical technology for acoustically detecting…
exida is pleased to announce the release of exSILentia V3.1. The following is an overview of key updates to the software in this release: Addition of the Emerson SIS CHARMS DTT and ETT logic solver including custom Markov models reflecting the advance hybrid architecture of the logic solver Extension of…
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Look at the picture. What do you see? I see a spring return actuator with a diaphragm chamber a spring chamber the scotch-yoke mechanism What are the high level potential failures for a ball valve? Scotch-yoke mechanism breaks, can no longer operate valve (dangerous) Spring breaks/spring cap breaks, spring will…
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Look at the photo. What do you see? I see a ball valve with: a valve body a ball a stem that can turn the ball What are the high level potential failures for a ball valve? Stem stuck, can no longer turn (dangerous) Stem break, can no longer turn…
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