IEC 61511-2:2016 ED2

Functional safety - Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector - Part 2: Guidelines for the application of IEC 61511-1:2016 IEC 61511-2:2016 ED2

Publication date:   Jul 28, 2016

Scope

IEC 61511-2:2016 provides guidance on the specification, design, installation, operation and maintenance of SIFs and related SIS as defined in IEC 61511-1:2016. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2003. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
- guidance examples based on all phases of the safety life cycle provided based on usage experience with IEC 61511 1st edition;
- annexes replaced to address transition from software to application programming.