IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
I came across an interesting blog post the other day… Talk about operating blind. A great picture shows the status of the control room in the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 2 reactor…Nothing is working (besides the lights)! All of the computer monitors are blank. The clock is dead. None of the…
Web Training: Monday, May 23 – Friday, May 27, 2011 (5 days, 3 hours per day), 1:00pm – 4:00pm EDT This new course is a web optimized version of the proven IEC 61508 training course that provides: Price: US $995 per student, including a course binder with note sets and…
exida Director of Alarm Management Todd Stauffer co-authored an article entitled When It’s Easy To Implement Alarms, Too Many Often Make The List. Alarm Rationalization Helps You Control And Optimize The Selection. The article will be the cover story for the March issue of Control Engineering. We’ve seen it before:…
The IEC released their second edition of the umbrella standard for Functional Safety, IEC 61508 in 2010, which is applicable to programmable electronic safety related systems. This webinar will discuss: • What has changed in the standard compared to first edition (2000) • How it will impact the market for…
Alarm Overload…Nuisance Alarms…Alarm Floods…Incorrectly Prioritized Alarms…. These alarm management problems are all too common in the modern Distributed Control System 〈DCS〉. Why is this? In the “olden” days (read panel boards and alarm lightboxes), there was considerable thought put into what alarms were necessary because there was limited real estate…
How Safe is your SIS? Join exida at the 2011 ISA Safety & Security Symposium April 13-14, 2011.
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Stuxnet has, rightly, generated a significant amount of discussion and concern with the industrial automation community. Fortunately, unless you operate a uranium enrichment facility using Siemens S7 PLC’s and some very specific variable frequency drives (VFDs) you probably haven’t been directly impacted by the Stuxnet virus. However, that doesn’t lessen…
exida is pleased to announce their first ever exida Symposium to be held at Arabella Sheraton Alpenhotel Seeweg 7 Spitzingsee,83727 Germany. The new IEC 61508 2ndEd causes a lot of discussions. New topics and several changed views are introduced. This symposium will help you in getting the overview about the…
Presenter: Mike Medoff Date: Thursday, April14, 2011 Session 1: 9:00 - 10:00 AM Session 2: 4:00 - 5:00 PM Abstract: This webinar provides developers of safety application products with an overview of how to implement a development process that meets the requirements of Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 of the…
Title: IEC 61508 (2010): What’s New and How Does it Affect Me Presenter: Bill Goble Date: Thursday, March 24th Session 1: 9:00 - 10:00 AM Session 2: 4:00 - 5:00 PM Abstract: The IEC released their second edition of the umbrella standard for Functional Safety, IEC 61508 in 2010, which…
I am told that plagiarism is a compliment. Since exida is the leading company for IEC 61508 certifications I suppose it was bound to happen. Well it did. exida got an email from our sales representative in China. He asked why this certificate was not listed on the exida Safety…
I have often heard the question “Who says they can issue a certification?” This is often accompanied by “Why can’t I certify my own product?” “Who knows our design better than we do?” Good questions. The IEC 61508 standard does not require certified products for Functional Safety . However, competency…
Exida, the worldwide leader in the certification of automation equipment for use in safety instrumented systems, has discovered counterfeit certificates claiming exida certification to Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capability of IEC 61508. Safety practitioners are advised to consult the Safety Automation Equipment List (SAEL) at www.sael-online.com to verify certification…
exida’s Director of Security Services was quoted in the latest article by Jim Montague for Control Design.com. It is entitled Do Not Slip Up On Security When It Comes to Protecting Your Network Against Intruders, You Can’t Afford to Fall Down on the Job Pay attention. That’s the first thing.…
Not that long ago, the move towards “open systems” and the resulting incorporation of off-the-shelf technologies represented a huge step forward in control system design. System integration became easier, product development by manufacturers was accelerated, and training leveraged common tools and concepts. While the benefits have been tremendous, open technology…
It is well known that operator effectiveness is impacted by alarm system performance. Nuisance alarms, alarm floods, incorrectly prioritized alarms, and an overabundance of alarms make it much more difficult for the operator to detect, diagnose and respond to each alarm. Alarm rationalization, a proven alarm management technique and one…
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
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