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IndustrialIT Functional Safety for the Process Industries

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Creating value by protecting people, property and environment
  • Protect people, property and environment
  • Manage risk
  • Limit liability
  • Maximize shareholder value by driving
  • down CAPEX and OPEX Maximize asset base uptime
  • Meet government and industry
  • regulations and guidelines
The emphasis is on safetyÉ

Statistics are published and compared, incidents make headline news and many management incentives are based on safety performance. Today's industry strives to improve performance and profitability while maintaining and improving safety. The challenges include unremitting pressure to reduce costs, shorter product life-cycles, the need to reach the marketplace faster than ever, pressure to maximize the use of the asset base and plant availability and pressure to reduce spurious alarms. In addition, there are increasing regulatory and social requirements for safety, reliability, full documentation at all times and decision traceability.

Safety technologies are changing rapidly

Safety technologies are experiencing a revolution. Increasing reliance is placed on 'smart' equipment, integrated control and safety solutions, reusable safety components and subsystems, automated tools and functional safety.

Safety standards are also changingÉ

The publication of the international safety standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 for the process sector are setting a global benchmark as 'good practices' in functional safety. Therefore, industry is pro-actively seeking ways to comply with the standards and automate their implementation.




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