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Evaluating Alarm System Performance in a Multi-Operator Control Room
Nov 14, 2019[:en][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Situation: There are three operator consoles (positions) in the same control room. There is one general alarm horn that goes off whenever a new alarm comes in from any one of the three consoles. The horn draws the attention of each of the three operators. Question: How are the ISA-18.2 KPIs for alarm system performance applied […]
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exida User Conference 2018
Jun 18, 2018[vc_row][vc_column][us_single_image image=”17512″ size=”full”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Join us in this conference to stay updated on the new release of exida’s powerful tool – exSILentia version 4 and use this opportunity to meet and engage in fruitful discussions with our exida team of experts! Conference dates: 14-15 November 2018 Pre-Conference courses dates: 12-13 November 2018 Location: Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore […]
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exida Assesses FPT’s Software Development Processes According to Automotive SPICE
Feb 05, 2018[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]In December 2017, exida assessed development processes of FPT Software for conformity to Automotive SPICE Capability Level 3. The assessed process areas conform to PAM 3.0, VDA Scope.. Three projects in different automotive sub-domains have been assessed. All of the inspected process areas were evaluated to Automotive SPICE Capability Level 3. Organizational maturity assessment based […]
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exida Presenting and Exhibiting at Motor Drives and Systems 2018
Jan 24, 2018[vc_row][vc_column][us_single_image image=”1739″ size=”full”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]exida will be presenting and exhibiting at the Motor Drives and Systems 2018 on February 8-9, 2018 in Orlando, FL. Stop by booth 119 and say hello. exida Senior Safety Engineer Ted Stewart will be presenting a paper entitled Failure Data for Motor Controllers in the Process Safety Industry. Motor & Drive Systems Conference 2018 is […]
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New White Paper: Getting Reliable Failure Rate Data
Jan 18, 2018[:en][vc_row][vc_column][us_single_image image=”1743″ size=”full”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The discipline of Reliability Engineering depends upon a key metric, failure rate. In the past, it was practical to perform a “life test” (or an “accelerated life test”) where devices were operated in a defined set of conditions and failure times were recorded. This failure time data was analyzed to obtain the failure […]
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Why Proof Test Coverage Is So Important For A SIF to Achieve Its Target SIL?
Aug 24, 2017[:en][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is a question I often get asked when I’m teaching our FSE100 course on Functional Safety, when we discuss the purpose of Proof Testing and coverage. It’s amazing how many end users assume perfect proof testing (i.e. 100% coverage), that is capable of finding, all the potential dangerous undetected failures. It just isn’t the case. There […]