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News Release from: Yokogawa Europe - Industrial Automation | Subject: FSM certification
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 April 2007
Certification for Yokogawa India SIS
engineering
Yokogawa India has announced that their safety instrumented system engineering operations have obtained Functional Safety Management (FSM) certification from TUV Rheinland
Yokogawa safety instrumented system engineering operations in India have obtained Functional Safety Management (FSM) certification from TUV Rheinland, a German certification body FSM is defined by the IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 international standards (*1)
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 25 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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These standards clarify the responsibilities of engineering organisations and their personnel to ensure that users are provided with high-quality safety instrumented systems.
To obtain FSM certification, all engineering-related operations including customisation for individual users and assessment must qualify.
Safety instrumented systems play a role in preventing accidents by detecting abnormal conditions in plant operations and safely performing necessary emergency actions such as a shutdown.
At large oil, petrochemical, and natural gas plants, the requirement for safety is greatly increased, so users place a high priority on purchasing safety instrumented systems from suppliers that have FSM certification.
For these reasons, Yokogawa focuses on improving the quality of the engineering operations for its safety instrumented systems, and these efforts have resulted in FSM certification.
The Yokogawa ProSafe-RS Safety-Instrumented System has already been certified by TUV Rheinland to safety integrity level (SIL) 3 (*2).
This additional certification of the engineering operations attests to the increased reliability of Yokogawa safety instrumentation solutions.
By having high-quality engineering operations that ensure the provision of highly reliable system products, Yokogawa aims to strengthen its relationships with customers and expand its safety instrumentation business.
Reference *1: IEC 61508 and IEC 61511.
IEC 61508 is a standard for the functional safety of electronic devices that was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
IEC 61511 is a standard that is based on the IEC 61508 standard for the functional safety of oil, petrochemical, and natural gas process automation.
Reference *2: Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and SIL3.
The SIL is an indicator defined by IEC 61508 for the purpose of risk reduction.
SIL3 means that the risk factor for a plant can be reduced to 1/1000 or less.
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