Introduction to IEC 61800-5-2: Adjustable Speed Power Drive Systems, Part 5-2: Safety Requirements – Functional Safety

Description

This three-day workshop instructs participants how to navigate the relevant requirements and concepts in IEC 61800-5-2, and provides a kick-start for motor drive manufacturers who consider integration of functional safety in their products.  Several key advantages include: reducing the complexity of safety related control systems, reducing the amount of components and wiring, and increasing maintainability and up time.

Workshop Topics

• Control Systems Engineering
• Microprocessors
• Systems Engineering
• Communications Systems Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Reliability Engineering
• SIL and PL calculations

Objectives

• Explain why safety functions are integrated in electrical motor drives, including a global perspective on regulations and laws.
• Discuss the principles of implementing safety functions in a motor drive – under what circumstances can a motor drive be considered to be fail-safe.
• Describe functional safety from  a sub-system aspect
• Discuss  the need for functional safety management for a subsystem; differences between IEC 61508 and IEC 61800-5-2
• Have a clear grasp of typical safety functions and their applications in machinery, elevators/lifts, processes
• Determine design requirements:  where IEC 61800-5-2 refers to IEC 61508, where it differs (i.e. is more concise, more explicit) from IEC 61508
• Explain requirements related to usage instructions; in particular, related to commissioning from “non-safe” platforms

Target Audience

• Product design, safety, or management personnel involved in the development of electronic or programmable systems that may have safety implications, and for a company’s product engineering processes as they relate to safety requirements and standards.