Our service portfolio
Functional Safety is an essential component with growing importance in the consideration of the overall safety of a device, plant, train, car or other complex automated system.
Functional Safety always aims to protect people or the environment from malfunctions of, for example, automation systems.
Functional Safety services are relevant for:
- Programmable electronic controls
- Sensors (elements that respond to mechanical motion with electrical pulses)
- Actuators (drive elements that transform electrical signals into mechanical motion or light)
Industries and standards
The following standards are of particular relevance in Functional Safety:
- IEC 61508 (Programmable products, SIL)
- IEC 61511 (Systems in the process industry)
- IEC 62061 (Hazard and Risk Analysis, SIL)
- ISO 13849 (Machine control, PL)
- ISO 26262 (Automotive industry, ASIL)
- 2006/42/EC (Machinery Directive)
Our offers include:
- Assessments, audits and certification
- Workshops, coaching
- Monitoring of production sites
- (Personnel) certifications
Industries of our customers:
- Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
- Automation
- Automotive
- Process industry
- Mechanical engineering
- Industrial safety
- Software and hardware development
- Semiconductor industry
- Robotics
- Aerospace industry