Articles relating to SILs - valve world news

Commissioning underway for LNG safety system: HIPPS from Severn Glocon Technologies deployed on Floating Storage and Regasification Unit

Engineers from Severn Glocon Technologies have visited Korea to commission a High Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS) supplied to ...
Valveuser Issue 48

SIL3 Certification for the EHPC210 Diagnostic Controller

Bifold is pleased to announce that the Partial Stroke Function of the EHPC210 Diagnostic Controller is now SIL3 Certified according to IEC 61508 : ...
Valveuser Issue 46

Masterclass: Using Valves or Actuators in SIL Applications

Part 3: Modelling the reliability of the final element in the safety instrumented system An overview of what needs to be determined for the final ...
Valveuser Issue 45

Using Valves or Actuators in SIL Applications

This edition of Valve User Magazine continues with the second article in the series about using valves or actuators in SIL applications. The articles ...
Valveuser Issue 44

Safety For Your Plants: The safety and reliability of technical processes are of vital importance for companies in the process industries

Bulk materials and powders in sectors such as the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries and others can be very dangerous. One spark – and the ...
Valveuser Issue 44

Using valves or actuators in SIL applications

This edition of Valve User Magazine sees the first in a series of short articles about using valves or actuators in SIL applications. The articles ...
Valveuser Issue 43

Mokveld First To Receive FSM Certificate

Mokveld Valves BV, expert in engineered valve systems for the worldwide oil & gas markets is the first valve manufacturer in the world to have ...
Valveuser Issue 43

Parker Secures Contract Extension and SIL Approval for Instrumentation Ball Valve Range

Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has achieved an industry first by securing SIL 2 approval for its HiPro Ball ...
Valveuser Issue 39

Mokveld Commissions Unique Test Bunkers

Mokveld Valves BV, located in Gouda commissions two new test bunkers for testing critical, high-quality valve systems.The reasons for building the ...
Valveuser Issue 38

SIL 4 – Am I Safe now?: Author: Ville Kähkönen, Oil & Gas business manager, Metso Flow Control Inc.

ESD valve An emergency shutdown (ESD) valve is part of a safety instrumented system (SIS). It is a vital part of the safety system and often ...
Valveuser Issue 35

Functional safety - SIL workshop hosted by AUMA

Functional safety, a key current topic in the process automation industry, will be addressed on 29 April 2015 at a workshop hosted by AUMA Riester ...
Valveuser Issue 32

I’m just a SIL whose intentions are good...Oh Lord! Please don’t let me be misunderstood. (With apologies to The Animals)

All right, maybe Eric Burden of The Animals sang ‘soul’, not ‘SIL’ but the underlying problem remains the same: the term ‘SIL’ can be grossly ...
Valveuser Issue 15

SIL Level 3 for Valtek Mark

Flowserve Valtek Mark Series Valves and Actuators Certified to SIL Level 3. Flowserve Corporation recently announced the certification of the ...
Valveuser Issue 15

Rotork valve actuators SIL2 certified: Rotork fluid power valve actuators for Bolivian gas plant are Safety Integrity Level 2 (SIL2) certified

The La Vertiente gas plant in the tropical zone of Villamontes in Bolivia supplies natural gas and stabilised condensate to the country’s national ...
Valveuser Issue 15

Rotork IQPro electric valve actuators with the SIL (Safety Integrity Level) option

"If something is to do an important job, it needs to be reliable, and the more important the job, the more reliable it should be." Reliability has ...
Valveuser Issue 5

Flowserve MaxFlo 3 and NR Diaphragm Actuator Granted SIL 3 Certification

- confidence testing with seven more key aerospace manufacturers - Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services ...
Valveuser Issue 8