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White Paper: Saved by the Bell: Using Alarm Management to make Your Plant Safer
Recent industrial accidents at Texas City, Buncefield (UK) and Institute, WV have highlighted the connection between poor alarm management and process safety incidents. At Texas City key level alarms failed to notify the operator of the unsafe and abnormal conditions that existed within the tower and blowdown drum. The resulting…
White Paper: Get a Life(cycle)! Connecting Alarm Management and Safety Instrumented Systems
Alarms and operator response are one of the first layers of defense in preventing a plant upset from escalating into an abnormal situation. The new ISA 18.2 standard on alarm management recommends following a lifecycle approach similar to the existing ISA84/IEC 61511 standard on functional safety. This paper will highlight…
White Paper: Functional Safety in the Life Science Industries
There are many benefits to a company when they have access to good field failure data. Most of the benefits are categorized as saving money. At the same time, most of the expenditure to get good failure data is already being spent. Given an incremental cost of improving data collection…
White Paper: Field Failure Rates - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
There are many benefits to a company when they have access to good field failure data. Most of the benefits are categorized as saving money. At the same time, most of the expenditure to get good failure data is already being spent. Given an incremental cost of improving data collection…
White Paper: Field Failure Rates - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
There are many benefits to a company when they have access to good field failure data. Most of the benefits are categorized as saving money. At the same time, most of the expenditure to get good failure data is already being spent. Given an incremental cost of improving data collection…
White Paper: Development of a Mechanical Component Failure Database
In this paper, we present a methodology to derive component failure rate and failure mode data for mechanical components used in automation systems based on warranty and field failure data as well as expert opinion. We describe a process for incorporating new component information into the database as it becomes…
White Paper: Using Simulation to Characterize Common Cause
Fault tolerant systems have been designed for safety critical applications including the protection of potentially dangerous industrial processes. These systems are typically evaluated and certified to functional safety standards with IEC 61508 [1] by agencies like exida Certification or one of the TUV companies. Many factors are taken into account…
White Paper: Alarm Management and ISA-18 - a Journey, Not a Destination
Poor alarm management is one of the leading causes of unplanned downtime, contributing to over $20B in lost production every year, and of major industrial incidents such as the one in Texas City. Developing good alarm management practices is not a discrete activity, but more of a continuous process (i.e.,…
White Paper: Accurate Modeling of Shared Components in High Reliability Applications
Accurate Modeling of Shared Components in High Reliability Applications
White Paper: Accurate Failure Metrics For Mechanical Instruments
Probabilistic calculations that are done to verify the integrity of a Safety Instrumented Function design require failure rate and failure mode data of all equipment including the mechanical devices. For many devices, such data is only available in industry databases where only failure rates are presented. The failure mode information…
Emerson Process Management (Chennai) Pvt. Ltd. - Series 141 Advanced Redundant Control System
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
ASCO, L.P. - Redundant Control System
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Foxboro Eckardt GmbH - SRD991
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Foxboro Eckardt GmbH - SRI990
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Westlock Controls - Falcon 3/2-Way and 5/2-Way Solenoid Valve Series
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Versa Products Company - C Series
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Parker Hannifin Corporation - 7300 Series
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Parker Hannifin Corporation - 7000 Series
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
ASCO - 327/8327G
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
ASCO, L.P. - Series 8314 Solenoid Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
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