Focus on functional safety
Functional safety in machines, vehicles, and industry
Functional safety in machines, vehicles, and industry
In today's world, people are surrounded by complex systems. These include assistance systems in vehicles and sophisticated devices and machines that have become indispensable in many working environments. These systems offer considerable advantages, but also harbor risks. If they fail, they can quickly lead to serious accidents. Functional safety, or FuSi for short, ensures that the systems we use in everyday life and at work do not pose a danger to people or the environment. It must be taken into account throughout the entire life cycle of a machine or system, starting with its development. This raises the question: What measures must those responsible take to ensure an adequate level of safety?
Since 1869, TÜV NORD has been supporting industrial customers in 70 countries as a reliable and competent partner in the training and implementation of products and systems. The planning and development of electronic and programmable safety functions is a complex and responsible task. Our functional safety experts provide you with individual and efficient support for your projects.
Modular, flexible, economical, and forward-looking solutions for products and production processes today are based on hardware and software products from automation technology. Manufacturers of integrated circuits, measurement, control, and regulation devices form the basis for networked, high-performance systems, machines, driver assistance systems, and vehicles.
The reliable and safe functioning of these components and systems in vehicles, machines, and process engineering plants is indispensable today for the safety of OEMs, suppliers, plant manufacturers, and operators.
Functional safety describes the state-of-the-art measures required to provide safe systems based on hardware and software solutions. With our many years of experience with international standards for functional safety, we provide you with professional support in designing your products and production processes to be reliable and safe.
The design, specification and realisation of the functional safety of software, hardware and systems is an interdisciplinary task. Its realisation harbours a high investment risk for operators, manufacturers and suppliers. Consulting, planning and specification errors are often only discovered during commissioning or certification. Time-consuming and labour-intensive additional costs are incurred to rectify errors and the completion date cannot be met.
You can reduce project risks with a service package customised to your project. We will be happy to advise you in a non-binding discussion on how you can implement functional safety in your project efficiently and in line with your requirements. With our services, we make an active contribution to your success.
