Functional Safety is part of the overall management of a system and relates to the reliability and integrity of a control system used as a safety function. It aims to detect potentially hazardous situations, analysing the inputs, processing logic and outputs that drive a system to a safe state. It also looks at the safe management of likely operator errors, hardware and software failures and environmental changes.
Functional safety relates not only to the details of the design and selection of components, but also the process by which the system is specified, verified and validated.
E.S.M.’s functional safety team can produce documentation to prove and/or support achieving compliance with standards AS IEC 61508, 61511 and EN 50126, including: Functional Safety Management Plans, Validation Plans, Safety Requirement Specifications and Proof Testing procedures.
E.S.M. can help your organisation review and assess compliance (gap analysis) with functional safety standards, provide recommendations and support for addressing areas of non-compliance.
We facilitate functional safety training and workshops for product engineers and operators.
E.S.M. also conducts Safety Integrity Level (SIL) studies and verification.
Harnessing E.S.M.’s diverse experience of Safety in Design within the electrical industry and track record with Solar and BESS projects, our client requested that E.S.M. facilitate a Safety in Design review workshop for a major BESS project in South Australia.
The presentation collated findings from numerous Safety in Design activities conducted by E.S.M. in the context of standalone solar or Battery Energised Storage System (BESS) and integrated Solar-BESS.
On behalf of our client, E.S.M. has been engaged to independently facilitate a series of Safety in Design reviews utilising the CHAIR process on a major piece of civil infrastructure.
In collaboration with a key client, E.S.M. devised a model and framework to assess and reduce the risks associated with dropped objects from conveyors.
E.S.M. provided functional safety engineering services to a local automotive manufacturer in their development of a fully electric light vehicle for a mine site in NSW.
E.S.M. was engaged to conduct a Safety in Design review on a new boarding school for primary-aged indigenous children on a remote island.
The review was conducted face-to-face with the architects, system designers and representatives of the prospective school board.
