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Blog Entry: Machine Safety Goals
From a machine safety management perspective, what goals are you looking to establish? Building a company safety culture, building awareness of the hazards, building the “buy in” to do things right and do things consistently is very important. It can't be done by a single person. It takes the whole…
News Item: NATF Special Supply Chain Webinar on Product Certifications
Mike Medoff, Director of Certification at exida will be appearining in a NATF Special Supply Chain Webinar on Product Certifications Tuesday, September 26, 2023 1:00 – 5:00 PM Eastern Time The NATF will be holding a special open webinar to bring awareness of an additional assurance resource for supply chain…
Blog Entry: Forces Influencing Machine Safety Adoption
What is driving machine safety adoption? What are some of the key questions that companies are trying to answer when it comes to machine safety? For industrial facilities, whether it's a chemical plant, or a machine application, it ultimately comes down to facility risk management. Companies want to provide a…
News Item: exida Announces First Ever Webathon Highlighting Products and Services
Join us for a free 24-hour Webathon to hear from industry experts on functional safety and cybersecurity topics that are impacting the automation space. exida is pleased to invite you to attend our inaugural 24-hour Webathon. Advances in technology, regulatory changes, and ever-changing markets require suppliers and operators to be…
Woodward Industrial Controls - LSOV25
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: Emerson Receives IEC 61508 Certification for ESD Partial Stroke Valve Monitor
Congrats to Emerson Process Management. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their DVC6200 High cv ESD Partial Stroke Valve Monitor. The certificate and assessment report can be found on the exida SAEL here.
News Item: Kalmar One Receives IEC 62443 Certification for Secure Development Lifecycle Process
Congrats to Kalmar One . exida recently issued an IEC 62443 cybersecurity certification for their Secure Development Lifecycle Process. The certificate and assessment report can be found on the exida SAEL here.
Kalmar One - Secure Development Lifecycle Process
IEC 62443-4-1 in the Security Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida Authored Article on Vendor Cybersecurity Appears in Efficient Plant Magazine
An article on Vendor Cybersecurity written by exida engineers Patrick O'Brien and Greg Houser has been published in Efficient Plant Magazine. External connections from industrial control systems (ICS) to third-party vendors are becoming much more common. Today, many manufacturers of distributed control systems (DCS) and package PLCs require connections to…
News Item: FieldComm Group Receives 61508 Certification from exida for Communication Protocol
Congrats to FieldComm Group. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their SafeHART Communication Protocol. The certificate and assessment report can be found on the exida SAEL here.
PMV Automation AB - D20 Valve Positioner
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: Bray Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification from exida for Segmented Ball Valves
Congrats to Bray International, Inc . exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their Flow-Tek Series 19/19L Segmented Ball Valves. The certificate and assessment report can be found on the exida SAEL here.
Recorded Webinars: Tackling Functional Safety Management for Machinery
Functional safety management is critical for managing and mitigating systematic failures that can occur throughout the safety lifecycle. Implementing a robust functional safety management plan following the requirements of IEC 62061 and ISO 13849 (new suggested functional safety management steps added in the 2023 release) can improve the consistency of functional safety lifecycle steps and help to ensure the accuracy of the work performed. This webinar will cover the importance of functional safety management for machinery applications, cover trends exida has identified from working with many different organizations in the machinery industry, and guidance on how to use templates as a spring board for developing an effective functional safety management plan.
Blog Entry: Benefits of Using IEC 62061 Machine Safety Templates
Why would someone consider purchasing templates as a starting point? First off, it decreases the amount of time and energy it takes to build out the program. If you think about starting from a blank page, as opposed to starting with something that is 80 to 90% of the way…
News Item: Efinix Receives 61508 and ISO 26262 Certification from exida for Efinity Software
Congrats to Efinix, Inc. . exida recently issued an IEC 61508 & ISO 26262 functional safety certification for their Efinity® IDE and Toolchai Software. The certificate and assessment report can be found on the exida SAEL here.
Blog Entry: The Importance Of Considering Common Cause with Redundant Systems
Common Cause is one of those variables that is not always considered important when it comes to SIL compliance. And yet, for redundant systems, it can have a significant impact on the PFDavg and Risk Reduction achieved (in Low Demand mode) or PFH (in high or continuous mode). Most of…
News Item: exida Presenting at 2023 Mary Kay O’Connor Safety & Risk Conference
exida's Chief Technology Officer Iwan van Beurden will presenting at the 2023 Mary Kay O’Connor Safety & Risk Conference October 11-13, 2023 at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in College Station, TX. The TEES Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center in association with the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IchemE)…
Rotex Manufacturers & Engineers - Posidapt Smart Positioner
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Bray International - 19/19L Segmented Ball Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Spintrol Electronic Technology - FSM Process for Microcontroller IC and ASIC Hardware Development
ISO 26262 in the Safety Automation Equipment List