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News Item: LIVE WEBINAR: ISASecure Certifications for Smart Buildings Technology
You are invited to join an upcoming webinar on November 16th, 2022, at 11 am Eastern featuring exida Director of Certification, Mike Medoff. Webinar synopsis: Don’t miss the upcoming ISASecure Certification for Smart Buildings Webinar presented by ISASecure, exida and Johnson Controls. The webinar focuses on the differences and needs…
Blog Entry: The Perfect Match of Lockpicking and Cybersecurity
First off, an introduction is in order. My name is Greg Houser, and I’m one of the new fish here at exida (no, that’s not a typo – the ‘e’ is lowercase in “exida”). And this is the first, of what I hope to be many cybersecurity blog posts I…
News Item: Panduit Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification from exida
Congrats to Panduit. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their for their VeriSafe AVT 2.0 Absence of Voltage Tester. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here .
News Item: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Receives 62443 Cyber Certification from exida
Congrats to Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL). exida recently issued an IEC 62443 cybersecurity certification for their Security Development Lifecycle Process. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here .
Crane ChemPharma & Energy - FKX 9000 Triple Offset Valve
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: exida Presenting at ISA Cybersecurity Standards Implementation Conference
exida will be a part of a panel discussion on Understanding and Developing 62443, Parts 2-1 and 2-4 at the ISA Cybersecurity Standards Implementation Conference October 26, 2022 at 10:45 AM CT. The 2022 ISA CSIC Conference is a Virtual Conference focusing on the growing adoption of ISA/IEC Cyber Security…
News Item: exida ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH ESDC Integration
SELLERSVILLE, PA, exida, a global supplier of functional safety products, services, and certifications, is pleased to announce a new business partnership with ESDC Integration. The new partnership will enable ESDC Integration to expand its current process safety lifecycle services in terms of scope of services offered and increased global coverage.…
Ampo Poyam Valves - Floating Ball Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Ampo Poyam Valves - Trunnion Mounted Ball Valves
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Recorded Webinars: Comparing Data Management Lifecycle in Data Science with Performance Standards
Whenever we talk about the management of a chemical plant, our perception would be focusing on how to run the chemical process; how to manage the operations; how to manage the raw materials for the process, etc.
However, in my experience, the importance of data and information management is usually overlooked. I often see missing P&IDs; modifications to the process without any documentation; changed alarm setpoints without any record, just to name a few.
This is a series of webinars that aims to introduce everyone to Functional Safety (IEC 61511 and IEC 61508) and Alarm Management (ISA 18.2/IEC 62682), with the supplement of the fundamentals from Data Science and Data Analytics.
This week we are going to investigate the Data Management Lifecycle in Data Science and see how the various concepts are closely related to the Functional Safety Lifecycle and Alarm Management Lifecycle.
News Item: Ampo Poyam Valves Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification from exida
Congrats to AMPO. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their for their Floating Ball Valves. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here .
News Item: Eckardt SAS Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Valve Positioner
Congrats to Eckardt SAS, a Schneider Electric company. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their for their SRD998 Valve Positioner. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here .
News Item: Mogas Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Switch Valve
Congrats to Mogas Industries. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their Coker DV-4 Switch Valve. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here .
Blog Entry: To Be Meaningful & Useful Failure Rates Must Be Validated
Engineers and managers who work with safety equipment have likely seen a failure rate of some kind quoted for the equipment. Some equipment even comes with a safety certification stating the failure rate given certain assumptions about how the equipment will be used. The numbers sometimes turn out to be…
News Item: BS&B Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Relief Valves
Congrats to BS&B Safety Systems. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their BPIV and BPRV Buckling Pin Relief Valves. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here .
News Item: Wedge Rock Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Actuators
Congrats to Wedge Rock. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their RS Actuators. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here .
Recorded Webinars: The Importance of Functional Safety Assessments
It’s an interesting fact that many end users and engineering companies that exida has talked to have not or do not undertake Functional Safety Assessments (FSAs). Why is this? Many do not realize and/or understand the true purpose of and benefit of performing FSAs. The IEC61511 standard identifies 5 FSAs that should be performed with two of them being mandatory. Still, even the mandatory ones are not being conducted when they should be. For example, I was asked by one end user if we could quote to perform an FSA 3 (one of the mandatory FSAs) almost 1 year after starting production! For those who don’t know, the FSA 3 should be conducted prior to startup and not afterwards. Therefore, what is the benefit of performing FSAs?
News Item: exida Presenting at IICA event in Australia
The Institute of Instrumentation, Control and Automation (IICA) will deliver a series of Technical Presentations by exida and IChemE Safety Centre this September in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne. For more information and to reserve your complimentary spot: Brisbane: https://lnkd.in/gxXXdCRm Perth: https://lnkd.in/g9irQqHx Melbourne: https://lnkd.in/g3WhZfFQ
BlackBear Industrial Network Security - BIG9000I Network Device
Achilles in the Security Automation Equipment List
DelVal Flow Controls - Valve Position Monitor
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List