by admin | Apr 2, 2020 | Blogs
[:en][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Greek symbol λD represents dangerous failure rates in functional safety, usually expressed in the unit of measurement of FITs, and can be determined through FMEDAs. (FITs (λ) are failures per billion hours, expressed by...
by admin | Nov 19, 2019 | Blogs
[:en][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PFH (The Probability of Failure on Demand per Hour) is the probability that a system will fail dangerously, and not be able to perform its safety function when required. PFH can be determined as a probability or maximum...
by admin | Aug 10, 2017 | Blogs
[:en][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I get an email that includes a “certificate” of some sort most every week. The sender asks “Can I accept this certificate?” Or the sender might ask “Are these failure rates valid for the process industries?”. At exida, we have...
by admin | Jul 13, 2017 | Blogs
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Your organization gets information, feedback, and requests from customers all the time. It’s up to you to do some preliminary analysis and determine what the customer really wants. Do they want to buy something? Do they want to...
by admin | Jan 4, 2018 | Blogs
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Some organizations complain about the ‘high bar’ to comply with 61508. They complain that there is too much overhead in documentation and testing, and it all costs too much. Other organizations actually benefit from this ‘high bar’...
