USA | Safety PLCs

Safety PLCs 

Recorded: October 12, 2022
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Innovation Session

Safety PLCs vs. Other Logic Solver Technologies: Does It Really Matter What You Use?

Most safety instrumented functions only require a safety performance rating of up to SIL 2. However, most of today's safety PLCs are certified to SIL 3. Why can't you simply use a standard PLC configured to be safe in order to achieve your safety performance goals?

 

During this Innovation Session, we'll:

• Explore how different technologies fail in different modes

• Discuss why SIL 3 safety PLCs might be needed for safety instrumented functions with SIL 2 performance requirements

• Analyze an accident where SIL 2 generic PLCs configured to be safe were used

Meet the presenter

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Luis Garcia

Business Developer, Process Safety

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About Luis

Luis Garcia is a Certified Functional Safety Expert and has been a Safety Systems Specialist for more than 20 years, with a focus on process safety. He serves as a voting member of the ISA's technical committee ISA 84 (Safety and Security). He has developed Safety Instrumented Systems courses in Spanish and English, instructed ISA's courses on the subject, and published numerous papers on Safety Instrumented Systems in The Americas, Europe and Australia.

 

Luis holds Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy & Material Science Bachelor’s degrees obtained in Rosario (Argentina) and Liverpool (United Kingdom). Luis is currently responsible for Siemens Process Safety for The Americas. He was born in Venezuela and is now a US citizen residing in the Houston, Texas, area with his wife, three children and five grandchildren.

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