This webinar will help in understanding the changes to IEC61511 2016 regarding failure rates for use in the reliability calculations (i.e. PFDavg or PFH) of random failures for SIF equipment. Some certification agencies have been issuing certificates for equipment with extremely low failure rates, when compared to industry databases. This can lead to optimistically and dangerously low estimates of PFDavg/PFH for SIF equipment. The webinar will identify how to look at these failure rates and to make a quick judgement on whether they meet the requirements of IEC61511.
What you will learn:
- How to identify bad failure rates
- What to look for on certificates
- Where to be able to compare certificates
Who should attend:
- Engineering companies
- End Users
- Supervisors & Managers
Dr. Steve Gandy has been with exida for 13 years as VP of Global Business Development. Dr Gandy has 40+ years of experience in industrial automation controls and safety. Dr. Gandy is head of exida Engineering and is a director of several of exida’s subsidiary companies. In addition to his sales and management responsibilities, Dr. Gandy has written the "Functional Safety For Managers: What Managers Need to Know" book, as well as "Managing In An Automation Company", and published and presented numerous papers at conferences. Dr. Gandy is also one of the primary instructors for exida’s highly successful FSE100 Functional Safety course.