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News Release from: ACM Facility Safety | Subject: SilCore Lifecycle tool
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 December 2007
IEC 61511 compliant SIL Lifecycle tool
SilCore is a comprehensive SIL (Safety Integrity Level) Lifecycle tool that seamlessly integrates the HAZOP, SIL Determination and SIL Validation processes into one database
ACM Facility Safety has announced the release of version 4.5 of their IEC 61511 Compliant SilCore software tool The SilCore SIL Lifecycle tool enables improvements to facility uptime, managing process risk and complying with global standards for critical control and safety systems
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 10 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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SilCore allows users to import HAZOP data from any CSV file in a few seconds and is equipped with customisable SIL Determination options including LOPA, Risk Graph, and Safety Layer Matrix.
SilCore is one of the most comprehensive modelling tools with no limits to the complexity of SIF designs, and includes an extensive failure rate database which has been compiled using field-proven data.
Version 4.5 of SilCore allows multiple concurrent user access to SilCore on a corporate server.
ACM Facility Safety, a division of ACM Automation, provides Safety Lifecycle Management Services to the world's largest chemical and process operating plants.
Founded in 1994, ACM is Canada's largest independent provider of Safeguard and Risk Assessment services.
Operating on a global basis from our headquarters in Calgary they have helped the world's largest operating and engineering companies improve facility uptime, manage process risk and comply with global standards for critical control and safety systems.
ACM has also helped broaden and enhance the process community adoption of the IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 standards through their public and in-house training courses, TUV sponsored Functional Safety Engineering certification programme, and field-proven proprietary IEC 61511 Compliant SIL lifecycle software tool, called SilCore.
ACM provides Safety Lifecycle Management plans, policies, guidelines, procedures, project mentoring, project leadership, ACM certified training courses and IEC 61511 compliant software - SilCore.
ACM Facility Safety is a course provider for the TUV Functional Safety Programme by TUV Rheinland Industrie Service - Automation, Software and Information Technology (ASI), in the field of Safety Instrumented Systems.
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