FUNCTIONAL SAFETY

FUNCTIONAL SAFETY

Functional safety is the part of the overall safety of plant and equipment that depends on the correct functioning of safety-related systems and other risk reduction measures such as safety instrumented systems (SIS), alarm systems and basic process control systems (BPCS).

It defines guidelines to minimize the risk of accidents and ensure that automotive components.

At home, at work or in public spaces, we are surrounded by an increasing number of electrical and electronic devices and systems. Functional safety focuses on electronics and related software and activates built-in safety mechanisms to reduce potential risks that could harm somebody or destroy something to a tolerable level.

The sensors in automatic doors ensure that they open fast enough and close safely behind you. The detection of smoke by a sensor triggers the activation of a water sprinkler system inside an apartment building. An overflow valve is activated when a certain level of liquid or pressure has been reached.

In one sentence functional safety means “Automatically reduce the level of risk in a device or system”