Functional Safety
Functional Safety
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- Functional Safety
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Functional Safety Capabilities
Definition Stage
- Functional Safety management capability assessments
- Functional Safety assessments
- Safety Integrity Level (SIL) assessments
- Safety requirements specifications
- Concept design
- SIL verification
- System reliability studies
Project Stage
- Project lifecycle implementation
- SIL design and documentation
- SIL testing
- SIL validation
- SIL verification
Post Project Stage
- Ongoing maintenance
- Auditing of systems
- Management of change systems
- Decommissioning
Relevant Experience
Safety systems are found across most industries. Synertec can provide services in areas such as:
- Machine safety systems
- Burner management systems
- Emergency shutdown
- Fire and gas detection
- High integrity protection
- Pipelines
- Turbine safeguarding systems
- Wellhead control panels
- Safety Instrumental Systems (SIS)
Synertec engineers are well versed in the functional safety lifecycle activities as identified in standards such as IEC 61511.
Synertec had the capability to provide support at every stage of the Safety Lifecycle. The table below provides a brief overview of our capabilities at each stage:
Synertec has capability in the following safety standards:
Standard | Title |
IEC 61508 | Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems |
IEC 61511 | Functional safety – Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector |
AS 4024 | Safety of Machinery |
AS 15288 | Systems and Software Engineering – System life cycle processes |
EN50126 | Railway Applications. The Specification and Demonstration of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) |
EN50128 | Railway applications. Communication, signaling and processing systems. Software for railway control and protection systems |
EN50129 | Railway applications. Communication, signaling and processing systems. Safety related electronic systems for signaling |