Overview
Through our extensive and on-going research, exida has developed advanced analysis tools that provide the most accurate results, save the project time and cost, and provide essential customer information.
ANSI Accredited
exida is a private, employee-owned company with financial support from fees charged for services. exida is ANSI accredited to ISO/IEC 17065, the general requirements for bodies operating product certification systems, and ISO/IEC 17025, the international standard for test laboratories.
The Clear Market Leader
With strong global acceptance and a growing base of technology, exida has become recognized as the global leader in functional safety certifications. In the overall market, exida has done more than all other major Certification Bodies combined.
Services
IACS Cybersecurity
An unprecedented number of security vulnerabilities have been exposed in industrial control products and regulatory agencies are demanding compliance to complex and confusing regulations.
Functional Safety
The IEC 61508 standard defines the requirements for suppliers to follow during product development to ensure that their products have a high level of resistance to random hardware and “systematic” design failures.
Personnel Certification Program
A program that helps individuals develop / enhance their competence in Functional Safety. It supports different personnel skillsets. Available in different application areas: Process Safety, Machine Safety, Safety Hardware & Software Development.
Software
ARCHx
Computer system high level architecture design analysis
exida provides the ARCHx tool for performing architectural design analysis using FMEA, HAZOP, or Cybersecurity Threat Analysis techniques. Dependent failure Analysis (DFA) is also optimally done within the ARCHx tool. This tool stores architectural design information in its system database so that a common approach can be used for all analysis types thereby saving engineering time and improving design quality. ARCHx system database information is sent to other design tools (e.g. FMEDAx) to pre-populate input requirements, again saving time and reducing design errors.
FMEDAx
Device failure rate and failure mode prediction for safety and availability analysis
The exida FMEDAx™ Tool is used to perform and document a detailed component level FMEDA on a System or Subsystem consisting of electrical, mechanical, or sensor components. The FMEDAx tool accepts the functional failure mode data from ARCHx and allows faster and more accurate subsystem/device failure prediction. Designers save time and discover design issues early in the design process.
Training
We offer a range of Certification training courses for professionals in the process industry, from basic to advanced concepts. We also offer customized training options available upon request.
Students benefit from exida’s in-depth knowledge and expertise, enabling them to fully understand the concepts and implement procedures in their organizations to ensure that Functional Safety is maintained.
FSE 211 - IEC 61508 - Functional Safety for Design & Development (Electrical, Mechanical, Software)
The IEC 61508 family is a performance-based set of standards for functional safety that are commonly applied to the design and development of automatic protection systems in a variety of applications (process industry, industrial / machinery equipment, medical devices, railway, mining, etc.). These standards do not present prescriptive solutions at the safety function level, but instead specifies the use of common performance metrics for characterizing reliability and design integrity. This course provides an overview of IEC 61508, the functional safety lifecycle, and how to design/develop products and systems that meet 61508 requirements. It guides the product design/development team through a 61508-compliant development process which has proven to bring better products to market, at reduced cost, and with shorter time-to-market.
FSE 212 - IEC 61508 - Functional Safety for Software Design & Development
The IEC 61508 family is a performance-based set of standards for functional safety that are commonly applied to the design and development of automatic protection systems in a variety of applications (process industry, industrial / machinery equipment, medical devices, railway, mining, etc.). These standards do not present prescriptive solutions at the safety function level, but instead specifies the use of common performance metrics for characterizing reliability and design integrity. This course provides an overview of IEC 61508, the functional safety lifecycle, and how to design/develop products and systems that meet 61508 requirements. It guides the product design/development team through a 61508-compliant development process which has proven to bring better products to market, at reduced cost, and with shorter time-to-market.
FSE 213 - IEC 61508 - Functional Safety for Mechanical Design & Development
The IEC 61508 family is a performance-based set of standards for functional safety that are commonly applied to the design and development of automatic protection systems in a variety of applications (process industry, industrial / machinery equipment, medical devices, railway, mining, etc.). These standards do not present prescriptive solutions at the safety function level, but instead specifies the use of common performance metrics for characterizing reliability and design integrity. This course provides an overview of IEC 61508, the functional safety lifecycle, and how to design/develop products and systems that meet 61508 requirements. It guides the product design/development team through a 61508-compliant development process which has proven to bring better products to market, at reduced cost, and with shorter time-to-market.