- by Dr. Eric Scharpf, CFSE
- Thursday, February 16, 2012
- Functional Safety
Babies, Bathwater, and Australian Safety Laws
The old saying goes, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.” But it looks like a number of people in Australia may be in danger of doing just that with their response to the country’s newly harmonized health and safety laws.
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- by Dr. Eric Scharpf, CFSE
- Monday, April 18, 2011
- Functional Safety
Lifecycle Analysis: It’s Worth the Effort
Performing a risk analysis as part of an IEC61508 / 61511 / ISA 84.01 safety lifecycle process can be quite challenging. How can you be sure you get what you need within budget and how can your team provide the best value for money?…
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- by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
- Thursday, December 13, 2012
- Functional Safety
Replace Before Failure
The solenoid valve manufacturer provides an FMEDA report that lists “useful life = 12 years.” Useful life is a reliability engineering term that indicates a point in time when the failure rate of a device will begin increasing rather rapidly. Why do we care about this time interval? That…
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- by Dr. Eric Scharpf, CFSE
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
- Functional Safety
The Safety Lifecycle as a Risk Control Loop
I have been doing a number of recent projects introducing the safety lifecycle to companies that are new to the field. As a result I have been playing with various ways to think about the overall safety lifecycle philosophy. As many of the more experienced readers are…
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