SIS study

New digital interactive whitepaper

This year, Moore Industries successfully released the STA Safety Trip Alarm to respond to customers needing a highly reliable alarm used in Functional Safety applications. In conjunction with the alarm, Moore Industries sales force has seen a great increase in demand for Functional Safety education concerning IEC 61508 applications and Safety Instrumented Systems.

Now they have released “Safety Instrumented Systems: The ‘Logic’ of Single Loop Logic Solvers,” a new digital interactive whitepaper.

The whitepaper examines what the "new generation" of safety-certified Single Loop Logic Solvers can achieve, especially regarding IEC 61508, the standard for “Functional Safety of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic Safety-Related Systems” developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). With a brief tutorial of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and their related Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF), the whitepaper provides valuable background before delving into more complex topics including:

• IEC 61508 Provision Guidelines,
• FMEDA Reports,
• Logic Solvers as Safety Trip Alarms and
• Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Variations and Requirements.

The digital interactive whitepaper includes pop-up “Selection Hints,” linking to data sheets and to helpful areas on Moore Industries’ web site.
“Safety Instrumented Systems: The ‘Logic’ of Single Loop Logic Solvers,” can be downloaded as a PDF free through their corporate website.

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The technical papers section at Controlsoft gives environmentally concerned operations people in the waste and wastewater industry the chance to review solid information that can lead to tighter chlorine control and lower chlorine setpoints, as well as massive cost savings.

The Water and Wastewater group includes application notes and technical email such as "Process Control for Drinking Water Treatment," "Coordinated Control for Chlorination Stations," and "Keeping Chlorine Discharge Residual at the Desired Level."

These papers offer both experienced and new technical personnel the opportunity to add to their process control knowledge.

Engineers and operations people may request free PDFs of the Water and Wastewater group by going to www.controlsoftinc.com. On the home page, click on the Support button to reach the technical papers section of the web site, which shows the titles of available papers (grouped by industrial category, such as food and beverage, fermentation and biochemical, etc.).