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Blog Entry: Alarm Rationalization by the Numbers
“How much time does alarm rationalization take?” It finally happened. Alarm management problems at the plant led to an incident and now management wants action. You have “volunteered” to put together a plan to execute alarm rationalization. You need to create a defendable estimate of how long rationalization will take…
News Item: United Electric Controls Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Temperature Switch
Congrats to United Electric Controls. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their One Series Smart Switch. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here.
Moore Process Controls - IEC 61511 Engineering Process Compliance
IEC 61511 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: Being Prepared in Cyberspace via Threat Modelling
Preparedness is defined as being in a state of readiness (Webster, 2022). This can take many different forms but when it comes to cybersecurity, a big part is knowing what threats lie in wait within the cyber landscape. It’s difficult to prepare against threats or vulnerabilities you don’t know exist.…
News Item: Mogas Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Floating Ball Valve
Congrats to MOGAS Industries, Inc. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their Isolator 2.0 Floating Ball Valve. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here.
News Item: Bray Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Valve Status Monitor
Congrats to Bray International, Inc.. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their Series 5A, 5B, and 5C Valve Status Monitor. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here
Blog Entry: Four Ways to Pick a Winning Alarm Rationalization Team
“Who should participate in alarm rationalization?” It finally happened. Alarm management problems at the plant led to an incident and now management wants action. You have “volunteered” to put together a staffing plan to execute alarm rationalization. You have heard it can be a resource-intensive process, so you want to…
United Electric Controls - One Series Smart Switch
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
News Item: ValvTechnologies Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Floating Ball Valves
Congrats to ValvTechnologies. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their V Series and ERV Floating Ball Valves. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here.
News Item: Timberland Equipment Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Plant Equipment
Congrats to Timberland Equipment Limited. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their YSSK1500/SSK1000 Winch Safety System under the Plant Equipment category. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here.
Mogas Industries - Isolator 2.0
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Bray International - Series 5A, 5B, and 5C
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
ValvTechnologies - V Series and ERV
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
ValvTechnologies - NexTech and TrunTech
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List
Blog Entry: Competency and IEC61511
Many of you who follow exida’s blogs and webinars will know that we often talk about the requirement for competency. In fact, the 2016 edition of IEC61511 specifically addresses competency in more detail now than the 2003 version. The strong emphasis on competency is because the IEC61511 committee recognized that…
News Item: Yokogawa Receives 61508 Functional Safety Certification for Flowmeter
Congrats to Yokogawa. exida recently issued an IEC 61508 functional safety certification for their YEWFLO TI VY Series Vortex Flowmeter. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here.
Training Course: Introduction to Functional Safety
This Course is Also Offered Online Has a potential customer ever said “We Need SIL”? What does that mean? What are the standards that specify SIL levels? What are the basic principles of these standards? The INTRODUCTION TO FUNCTIONAL SAFETY course from exida answers these questions and many more. Intended…
News Item: How Safe is Your LNG? Webinar
exida's Dr Steve Gandy will be teaming up with NECI & Emerson to present a webinar titled How Safe is Your LNG? he modernization of existing Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) facilities is essential to ensure reliable service to customers and the adoption of modern, integrated Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) is…
News Item: GE Power Receives 62443 Cybersecurity Certification
Congrats to GE Power. exida recently issued an IEC 62443 cybersecurity certification for their System Integration and Maintenance Process. The certificate can be found on the exida SAEL here.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation - YEWFLO TI VY Series
IEC 61508 in the Safety Automation Equipment List