Mütec Instrument achieves SIL 2 according to IEC 61508
ZUG, Switzerland — 14 September 2011 — Risknowlogy®, a leading provider of risk, reliability, safety and certification solutions, announced today that it completed a functional study on the MTP200ia-TE and MTP200ib-TE temperature transmitters. The type B temperature transmitters are used in explosive environments.
Risknowlogy has performed a functional safety analysis according to IEC 61508 addressing functional safety management, hardware requirements, reliability requirements, and user documentation. The analysis demonstrated that the devices can be used in SIL 2 applications. The result are documented in a technical report and summarized in a Functional Safety Data Sheet(tm). The functional safety data sheets(tm) hold the most important functional safety properties including SIL, STL, mode, type, hardware compliance route, software compliance route, systematic capability, hardware fault tolerance, failure rates, diagnostic coverage and PFD and PFS values.
About Mütec Instruments
Mütec Instruments was founded in 1970 and offers solutions for even the most completed problems. Mütec’s team of highly experienced technical sales professionals and engineers works closely with each client to design a perfectly tailored solution and often forms a close and long-term working relationship with those customers.
About Risknowlogy
Risknowlogy is a leading provider of technical risk, reliability, and safety services, engineering, consulting, training and certification solutions. Risknowlogy is located in Switzerland, Argentina, Germany and The Netherlands. For more information visit http://www.risknowlogy.com
