Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Solutions
Industrial processes involve innate risk. Each year, catastrophes in chemical
and oil & gas industries account for millions of dollars of losses and even
the loss of lives. As a result, plant owners, directors, shareholders,
production and maintenance managers have an enormous responsibility to protect
the environment, the health and safety of all those affected by their plant,
and to avoid consumer losses. Matrikon’s certified TUV engineers have helped
leading companies around the world reduce risk, minimize the impact of
emergency events and meet industry safety standards through effective SIS
solutions.
Compliance with industrial standards requires:
Identification of safety functions required for safe shutdown
Assignment of a safety integrity level (SIL) for each safety function
Use of the safety lifecycle for the safety system design
Verification of the safety integrity level achieved for each safety function
Our engineers understand the elements of the SIS Safety Life Cycles presented in
ANSI/ISA 84.00.01-2004, IEC 61508, and IEC 61511. Coupled with our
industry-leading alarm management experience, our expertise makes us the
partner of choice for developing and deploying internal standards and
practices, determining safety integrity level target assignment, and for the
quantitative evaluation and improvement of safety system performance.
While the main motivation for SIS solutions is process safety, these systems
also reduce the consequences of industrial hazards. SIS systems reduce serious
environmental impact, diminish the economic impact of property and equipment
damage, reduce plant downtime, and reduce insurance premiums by meeting and
exceeding regulatory requirements. Moreover, reducing the risk of a
catastrophic failure clearly demonstrates a company’s reliability to its
customers.
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