SIL and PL—Functional Safety from Pepperl+Fuchs
Several hundred products with a SIL/PL assessment, free tools, and brochures in one place: the "Functional Safety Hub" is your starting point when you have to implement safety functions.
Functional Safety for Your Applications
Technical equipment can pose a safety risk so dangerous that people should not be exposed to the equipment. In such cases, the relevant risks must be reduced to meet the need for safe operation.
As the market leaders for electrical functional safety components, Pepperl+Fuchs helps you fulfill the necessary standards. Whether you are looking for a SIL 3 rated interface module or a PL e rated sensor: our comprehensive portfolio holds the answer.
What's more: we not only supply you with components and solutions, but additional tools and knowledge on functional safety. On this webpage, download SISTEMA libraries, read an interesting interview with our in-house functional safety experts, or get your free digital company of our "Compendium Functional Safety". This 50 pages document gives you valuable information and insights for your daily work.
With more than 700 SIL/PL assessed devices from a single source, Pepperl+Fuchs offers you an abundance of options—ensuring that you always get the best solution for your individual application.
For decades, Pepperl+Fuchs has been a driving force in industrial automation. Our in-depth understanding of functional safety norms and regulations is the basis for trusted safety components.
Our internal functional safety management system has been certified by exida as meeting the requirements for Safety Integrity Level 3 (SIL 3). A detailed audit has confirmed our ability to manufacture in accordance with IEC 61508.
Industry-Moving Innovations
Select Your Product
An assessment of a safety relevant system is performed easier if the risk of failure of the relevant components is already known. For that purpose, Pepperl+Fuchs offers a large number of products with a SIL/PL assessment.
On this site, choose from various selection criteria like safety integrity level, performance level, device function, and signal type to quickly find the SIL/PL assessed device that you are looking for.
Literature and Tools
Download the Functional Safety Compendium!
In our downloadable compendium on functional safety, we clarify the concepts and definitions that are necessary to reduce risks to a tolerable level. The compendium explains the specific standards and definitions of hazards and methods of risk analysis.
Learn how you can successfully implement safety equipment and follow us through a hands-on case study using a simplified example for an overfill prevention system. The compendium is rounded out by a glossary and list of abbreviations that helps you to quickly reference safety terminology whenever you need it.
Get to Know the Experts
Extensive in-house expertise has been vital to Pepperl+Fuchs leadership in functional safety components. In this interview in our digital magazine "amplify", Head of Functional Safety Michael Kindermann, Functional Safety Manager Hasan Sülük, and Manager of Training and Committee Work Dr. Andreas Hildebrandt discuss their day-to-day work, the current standards with which their products must comply, and methods for transferring knowledge.
With its annual SIL clinic, Pepperl+Fuchs hosts an event that is appreciated by speakers and participants alike. Get an impression of the tenth edition and what makes the SIL clinic so special.
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