Functional Safety

Functional Safety

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