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?
exida Recorded Webinars
The Importance of Functional Safety Assessments
Recording Date: September 2022
About the Presenter:
Dr. Steve Gandy, CFSP
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.