2010 - JANUARY'S PROBLEM

Nov. 18, 2009

The safety system we include on our machines has been a combination of a programmable safety controller with some regular distributed I/O to achieve a baseline SIL 3. Are we missing the boat by not trying to push the idea of safety I/O for better fault detection and diagnostics despite the cost hit?

The safety system we include on our machines has been a combination of a programmable safety controller with some regular distributed I/O to achieve a baseline SIL 3. Are we missing the boat by not trying to push the idea of safety I/O for better fault detection and diagnostics despite the cost hit?

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