exida certifies Rosemount Tank Gauging System for functional safety

Sept. 17, 2014
exida, the global leader in functional safety certification for the process industries, has certified the Rosemount Tank Gauging System from Emerson for functional safety, ensuring that it meets the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capability per IEC 61508: 2010.

exida, the global leader in functional safety certification for the process industries, has certified the Rosemount Tank Gauging System from Emerson for functional safety, ensuring that it meets the functional safety requirements for Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 capability per IEC 61508: 2010.

"Emerson has clearly demonstrated a very high quality design process that meets the rigorous IEC 61508: 2010 requirements,” says John Yozallinas, exida Evaluating Assessor. “They have a thorough development process which helps ensure the delivery of products that achieve high levels of functional safety.”

“The tank gauging market is rapidly moving toward the use of IEC 61508 certified devices,” says Christian Skaug, Senior Technical Product Manager at Emerson. “We are confident choosing exida as our Certification Body because their program provides our customers with the necessary information, and the third party assurance of our high design quality.”

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