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News Release from: Emerson Process Management
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 27 January 2006
Safety engineers receive TUV approval
TUV certifies that engineering work by safety instrumented systems engineers from Emerson Process Management meets IEC61511 requirements for functional safety in the process industries.
After round-the-world audits, the TUV organisation has certified that all engineering work done by safety instrumented systems (SISs) engineers from Emerson Process Management consistently meets the requirements of IEC61511 for functional safety in the process industries The certificates were presented to Phill Turner, SIS Project Operations Manager of Emerson, by Josef Neuman of TUV
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 25 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Certification applies to all worldwide engineering of the Emerson smart SIS that extends the Plantweb digital architecture to let customers implement safer process plants and facilities.
Delta V SISs use information from the intelligent field devices within the Plantweb architecture.
Comprising 16-channel modular logic solvers, the Delta V SIS can be deployed in distributed fashion to perform programmable electronic functions for most process safety needs.
The Delta V logic solvers are the heart of the smart SIS total-loop safety approach.
The products are certified to IEC61508 for safety functionality.
The smart SIS products from Emerson integrate Fisher digital valve controllers, Rosemount temperature and pressure transmitters and Micro Motion Coriolis flowmeters.
The Emerson European engineers were the first in the world to meet IEC61511, followed by their colleagues in the Americas and Asia Pacific.
Services include assisting the customer with process hazard analysis and risk assessment, along with smart SIS design, implementation and commissioning.
"We determined at the outset of our SIS programme that we would have one standard worldwide for our engineering groups working on SISs," said Turner.
"Today all our SIS engineering personnel follow the same TUV certified processes".
"No matter where in the world a project is, it will be implemented to the new IEC61511 safety standard".
Delta V SIS provides automated safety loop testing and other capabilities that reduce personnel exposure to hazardous areas and increase system availability while reducing life-cycle costs and easing regulatory compliance.
This smart SIS approach uses the same engineering tools and operator interfaces as the Delta V digital automation system, enabling the viewing of safety system information from any operator screen.
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