What is the difference between Verification and Validation in Functional Safety?

In this short guide, we will learn about two important concepts in the Functional Safety world, Verification and Validation and the difference between the two. What is Verification and Validation? Although colloquially these two words may sound similar, yet in the Functional Safety World, they are distinct concepts and different from each other, as different as chalk and cheese. To have a quick overview of this, you can watch …

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Proof Testing Safety Instrumented Systems

Proof Testing Safety Instrumented Systems

In this short guide we will learn something about proof testing Safety Instrumented Systems. What is a Proof Test of a Safety Instrumented System? Proof testing is the process by which the end user actually tests whether the Safety Instrumented System is actually working as intended. A Proof test has to be carried out for every Safety Instrumented Function (SIF for short). For example, if a SIF is supposed …

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What If Training

What If Training Workshop conducted at Lote, Chiplun, India

Abhisam’s India office is pleased to announce that they conducted a What If training workshop for the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Lote chapter, on 27th April 2022 at Hotel Omega, Lote, near Chiplun, India. More than 45 engineers and managers  from different companies in the Lote Parshuram Industrial Area attended this hands-on workshop that covered the What-If Analysis /SWIFT technique of Risk Assessment. What-If Analysis and SWIFT (Structured …

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Functional Safety Training in India

Functional Safety Training in India at Baker Hughes

Functional Safety Training in India After a gap of two years, Abhisam has restarted Functional Safety Training in India. Recently, Abhisam conducted the Abhisam Functional Safety, SIL & SIS Cybersecurity (Level 1) workshop for engineers of Baker Hughes at their Mumbai office. About Baker Hughes Baker Hughes is a leading Energy Technology company in the world. For more than a century Baker Hughes inventions have revolutionized the world of …

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Competency Management System

IEC TR 61511-4:2020- Competency Management Requirements

What is IEC TR 61511-4: 2020? This is the latest publication in the IEC 61511 (Functional Safety – safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector) series. It  is a Technical Report which gives explanations for updates to the various clauses in the latest edition of IEC 61511. According to the IEC website this technical report: • specifies the rationale behind all clauses and the relationship between them, • …

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Free Functional Safety ebook pdf

Free Functional Safety Book pdf | Abhisam

Abhisam is pleased to launch its Quick Guide to Basic Functional Safety & SIL, which is being offered free for a limited time. This free functional safety book pdf guide/Safety Instrumented System pdf explains everything that you need to know about the basics of functional safety and SIL (safety integrity level). This can be used by any engineer or technical professional who wants to understand Functional Safety as used …

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What is the Safety Life Cycle? | Functional Safety IEC 61511

The Safety Life Cycle The Safety Life cycle is an important concept in the domain of Functional Safety. It recognizes the fact that “Safety” is not a one shot affair, or something like a standard product or service that can be obtained by a one time payment or effort. Rather Safety (including Functional Safety, Process Safety, Occupational Safety and all other branches of Industrial Safety) are a process and …

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Abhisam GOLD Membership

Abhisam GOLD membership- get all courses at one low price!

Abhisam last year introduced the tremendously popular Abhisam GOLD membership plan, where for a small monthly fee, you get access to all Abhisam Courses (except the Abhisam HAZOP Leader program) at once. For a one time joining fee and a small monthly fee, you can get the entire Abhisam Course Catalog all at once. This is a tremendously valuable deal, which you cannot get with any other course provider. …

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Free White Papers, Videos, Podcasts from Abhisam

Now get all your Abhisam free white papers, videos and podcast resources in one single place on the Abhisam website. No need to use the Search function. Simply go to https://www.abhisam.com/free-white-papers-podcasts-videos and get what you are looking for. This incredible resource has at the time of this writing more than 19 white papers on various subjects including Process Safety, HAZOP, Industrial IoT and Digitalization, Big Data in Oil and …

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Cyber security – Oil and Gas industries

This paper  related to cyber security oil and gas industries, is available as a part of the Abhisam Industrial Cybersecurity report, which can be downloaded now. Author: H Sreedhar. Recent History of Automation in Oil & Gas   The Oil and Gas industry (O & G for short) has been a pioneer in embracing digital technology. It was one of the first industrial sectors to transition to Distributed Control …

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