The Instrumentation, Systems and
Automation Society
The ISA NJ Section Invites You to Attend a Program Meeting
“Safety Instrumented System Design in the 21st Century”
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Time: 6:00 p.m. Sandwiches & Soda
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Program Meeting
Location: ASCO Valve Inc., 50 Hanover Road, Florham Park, NJ 07932
Directions: www.ascovalve.com/Applications/Contact/Directions.aspx
Please note: instead of using Main entrance to ASCO, please use south driveway entrance, closest to Columbia Turnpike/South Orange Ave. Park in first parking lot on left. Use office entrance on left.
Speaker: William Goble, CFSE, exida
New global functional safety standards, including IEC 61508 and IEC 61511, provide a new risk based framework for optimal Safety Instrumented System (SIS) design. This presentation will introduce the fundamental concepts from these new standards including:
What is an SIS? What is the “Safety Lifecycle (SLC)?” How can the steps of the SLC be cost effectively implemented? How is the need for a safety system expressed? What are the fundamental design issues for an SIS? What must be done to justify equipment used in an SIS? What are the advantages of using safety certified equipment? What are the requirements for SIS operations and maintenance?
Dr. William Goble, CFSE will be our presenter. Dr. Goble is currently Managing Partner and Co-founder of exida, a company that does consulting, training and 61508 certification for safety critical and high availability systems. He has developed probabilistic analysis methods for functional safety that are widely used today. He has over 30 years of experience in control systems doing product development, marketing, training and functional safety consulting. Dr. Goble has a BSEE from Penn State, an MSEE from Villanova, and a PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology in Reliability Engineering. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Pennsylvania and a Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE). He is a fellow member of ISA. He has written hundreds of technical articles and several best selling functional safety books.
Attendance is limited – Preregistration is required!
Please register on-line by Monday, November 17th at:
http://www.isanj.org/registration.htm
Program Co-Chairpersons:
George Ziffer 973-220-5495 george.ziffer@emerson.com
Bob Kluck 201-906-2090 bob.kluck@pd-ir.com
Confirmation of registration will be e-mailed to attendees