HIMA FSCS to present a paper at the Safety Control Systems Conference 2008 in Calgary CANADA

(14-05-2008)

HIMA announced today that it will present a paper at the Safety Control Systems Conference 2008 organised by IDC Technologies in Calgary CANADA on May 28-29, 2008.

Tino Vande Capelle, Functional Safety Expert and Director Functional Safety Consulting Services at HIMA will present the following paper:

Functional Safety: Guiding Principles for End-Users and System Integrators
Abstract - The objective of this paper is to demonstrate through a practical example how an end-user should deal with functional safety while designing a safety instrumented function and implementing it in a safety instrumented system. The paper starts with explaining the problems that exist inherently in safety systems. After understanding the problems the paper takes the reader from the verbal description of a safety function through the design of the architecture, the process for the selection of safety components, and the role of reliability analysis. After reading this paper the end-users understands the practical process for implementing the design of safety instrumented systems without going into detail of the requirements of the standard.

About FSCS
HIMA’s Functional Safety Consulting Services (FSCS) are able to provide worldwide capability to undertake a range of related assignments and applying proven techniques & working methods for the practical implementation of all phases of the Functional Safety life cycle on existing and new facilities. Our proven techniques & working methods are fully compliant with leading Functional Safety standards like IEC 61508, IEC 61511, ANSI/ISA 84.00.01, IEC 62061 and ISO 13849-1. We are active in all process industries including oil & gas, chemical, petrochemical as well as pharmaceutical, pulp & paper, utilities and factory automation.

About IDC Technologies
IDC Technologies is internationally acknowledged as the premier provider of practical, technical training for engineers and technicians. IDC are specialised in the fields of electrical systems, industrial data communications, telecommunications, automation and control, and are continually adding to our portfolio of over 120 different workshops. IDC’s instructors are highly respected in their fields of expertise and in the last 14 years have trained over100,000 engineers, scientists and technicians. With offices conveniently located worldwide, IDC Technologies has an enthusiastic team of professional engineers, technicians and support staff who are committed to providing the highest quality of training and consultancy.