2 Project management
2.1 exida.com
exida.com is one of the world’s leading knowledge companies specializing in automation
system safety and availability with over 100 years of cumulative experience in functional safety.
Founded by several of the world’s top reliability and safety experts from assessment
organizations like TUV and manufacturers, exida.com is a partnership with offices around the
world. exida.com offers training, coaching, project oriented consulting services, internet based
safety engineering tools, detail product assurance and certification analysis and a collection of
on-line safety and reliability resources. exida.com maintains a comprehensive failure rate and
failure mode database on process equipment.
2.2 Roles of the parties involved
Werner Turck GmbH & Co. KG Manufacturer of the considered Isolating Transducers and
Analog Signal Transmitters.
exida.com Performed the hardware assessment according to option 1
(see section 1).
Werner Turck GmbH & Co. KG contracted exida.com in August 2004 with the FMEDA and
PFD
AVG
calculation of the above mentioned device.
2.3 Standards / Literature used
The services delivered by exida.com
were performed based on the following standards /
literature.
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