Functional safety

Designing electronic products to meet IEC 61508-2 for safety integrity level (SIL) applications

2-Day Training Course

Course description:

This course is aimed at developers of electronic products who need to meet the full requirements of IEC 61508-2 including the reliability analysis and derivation of all parameters to demonstrate safety integrity level (SIL) capability.

The course also shows how to meet the requirements for the lifecycle, techniques and measures from IEC 61508-2 including aspects from Part 1 of the standard that are relevant to product manufacturers such as functional safety management.

The theory is applied through exercises and case studies to ensure the learning has a strong practical element which builds the candidates confidence. Frequent Q&A sessions are included for clarification.
The course concludes with a brief overview of the UK regulatory framework and the various approaches used to demonstrate conformity to the standards.

A comprehensive training manual is provided for each attendee together with a certificate of attendance for personnel training records.

Target audience:

Design engineers who are responsible for the development, analysis and testing of electrical and electronic products and functional safety equipment. The course will also be suitable for technical managers and quality engineers responsible for product development and reliability processes.

Trainer:

Paul Reeve CEng FInstMC MIET is a Registered Functional Safety Engineer with the Institute of Measurement & Control and has been delivering FS courses to product manufacturers around the world for over 14 years.

Course Outline

Day 1

SESSION
SCOPE OF TOPICS COVERED
1. Overview of functional safety
• Risk reduction and the need for safety functions
• Safety integrity levels (SIL)
• Safety-related systems
2. Reliability and safety fundamentals
• Random and systematic failures
• Defining safe, dangerous & no-effect failures
• Safety architectures
• Systematic capability
3. Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
• Creating the FMEA and sources of component data
• Judging the effect of diagnostic coverage
• Exercises
• FMEA derived parameters, assumptions and verification
• Case studies
4. Field failure data analysis
• Obtaining field data and using analytical techniques (-square)
• Using field failure data to support/validate FMEA data
• Exercise

Day 2

SESSION
SCOPE OF TOPICS COVERED
5. PFD calculations using FMEA data
• Using PFD equations from text books and IEC 61508-6
• Proof testing (including non-perfect test coverage)
• Exercise
6. Lifecycle requirements
• Defining a lifecycle and integration with the ISO 9001 QMS
• Techniques and measures for systematic integrity during realisation
• Documentation (including the safety manual)
• Modifications
• Monitoring field failure performance
7. Functional Safety Management (FSM)
• Augmenting the ISO 9001 QMS
• FSM essentials: scope of policies and procedures
• Competence
8. Regulatory, standards and compliance
• Overview of IEC 61508 and related standards
• Demonstrating compliance

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