SIL systems: reduce human error and maintain safety performance
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Controlling human errors during the full lifecycle of a safety system is vital to ensure that a safety function will operate correctly when required.
The potential for human error during commissioning, maintenance and proof testing can be greatly reduced through the use of suitable software tools.
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Topics include how software tools:
• Help control human error
• Reduce errors in commissioning
• Reduce errors in proof testing
Since the introduction of modern electronic instrumentation, there has been steady improvement in the probability of ‘failure on demand’ of the hardware. It is often found that human factors are now dominant.
Commissioning, maintenance and proof testing all involve direct human interaction and there is a potential to introduce errors, which have a negative impact on safety.
Software that guides the technician, whilst reducing the potential to introduce dangerous errors, deviations or omissions, simplifies the task and reduces the risk of functional safety being compromised.
By adopting these software tools, errors such as entering an incorrect value or cutting corners during a proof test can be controlled with the confidence that a safety instrumented function (SIF) will perform as intended.
Endress+Hauser can help you boost safety and reduce the potential for human error during the full life cycle of your plant.
Through our experience, expertise and product portfolio we can help you reduce risk, improve performance and make smarter decisions.
About the speaker:
Mark Hodgins, Product Marketing Manager – Level
FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland, #16594/ 18, Safety Instrumented Systems)
With over 25 years’ experience in the field of process instrumentation, Mark mainly carries out a mixture of marketing, consultancy and application support work for Endress+Hauser, looking after level and nucleonic measurement in the UK.
For the majority of his working life, he has been involved in level measurement, using almost every possible type of measurement technology and looking at systems that work well and those that have not worked so well. He takes pleasure in advising customers on the best solutions for their applications and system challenges, especially when it comes to safety instrumented systems.
