- Start
- Work Areas and Project Groups
- WA 4 Operation Support and Maintenance
- WG 4.5 Functional Safety
WG 4.5 Functional Safety
Focus
The "Functional Safety" working group addresses issues including the following topics in the context of its experience exchange, its concept developments, formulation of requirements to be met by automation solutions and its involvement in national and international standardisation:
- Prior use devices (NE 130)
- Electromechanical devices in Safety Instrumented Systems (NE142)
- Sharing SIS devices for operational use
- Useful lifetime of SIS devices
- Explosion protection and functional safety
- Machine safety and functional safety
- IT security and functional safety
- Human factors and functional safety
- Review IEC 61511
- Review VDI/VDE 2180
Advantages
- Avoidance of extensive and unnecessary expense by active collaboration in all standardisation institutions
- Development of system solutions
- Harmonisation in national and international standardisation institutions
Recommendations and worksheets
Please refer to the following list for recommendations (NE) and worksheets (NA) managed by the working group:
Safety
2016-01-18
2016-01-18
NE 093
Verification of the Safety-Related Reliability of SIS based on Field Experience Safety
2018-09-06
2018-09-06
NA 106
Flexible proof testing of field devices in safety instrumented systems Safety
2009-02-10
2009-02-10
NE 126
Provisions to Safeguard Existing Standards for Process Control System Safety Equipment Safety
2023-07-14
2023-07-14
NE 130
Selection of field devices for safety instrumented systems with due regard to prior use Safety
2023-11-10
2023-11-10
NE 154
Functional Safety in Batch Processes Safety
2019-12-13
2019-12-13
