What is Functional Safety and why is it important?
Functional Safety (FS) is the safeguard against hazards resulting from faulty and interrupted functionality. More and more safety-related control systems are being used primarily in the manufacturing and process industries as well as in the railway, automotive and medical industries with the aim of reducing the risk of hazards.
Safety must be ensured under normal and/or undisturbed conditions and maintained in case of abnormal conditions, requiring products to be designed in such a way that fault, failures and external influences do not result in cases of undetected loss of safety.
How to achieve Functional Safety?
Functional safety for industrial plants is a very complex issue. For each area and each industry there are different safety requirements defined in the following international standards:
- EN ISO 13849: Functional Safety of machinery
- EN/IEC 61508 incl. SIL: Functional Safety of safety-related electrical/electronic/programmable electronic systems
- EN/IEC 61511: Functional Safety of Safety instrumented systems for process industries
- ISO 26262: Functional Safety of road vehicles
For operators of industrial plants and for product or system manufacturers, compliance with these safety standards is necessary in order to minimise the risk of malfunctions and thus ensure the safety of people, the environment and technology.
Our Functional Safety certifications and assessments.
We provide functional safety services based on international standards such as IEC 61508, IEC 61511, ISO 13849, ISO 26262. Serving the full spectrum of industrial sectors, we offer certifications, risk assessments and more.
Our Accreditations in Functional Safety
Our functional safety services are important for many industrial sectors. Our assessments, tests and evaluations of products, components and systems in accordance with international standards are recognised worldwide.
The German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) - the national accreditation authority of the Federal Republic of Germany - has accredited our inspection and certification body in functional safety. The DAkkS thus confirms that TÜV Rheinland competently provides its services in functional safety in accordance with the requirements of internationally recognised standards, legal principles and relevant regulations.
Our accreditations
- DAkkS accreditation as Certification Body acc. to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17065 (D-ZE-11052-02-01),
- Inspection Body acc. to DIN ISO/IEC 17020 (D-IS-11052-04-03)
- Test Laboratory acc. to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 (D-PL-11052-01-00).
- ISASecure® Embedded Device Security Assurance Certification
Benefit from our experience in Functional Safety.
As a neutral partner known for high quality standards and many years of experience working with clients in every industry, we deliver one-stop Functional Safety support and services worldwide.
