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  1. Services
  2. Process Safety Automation Quality Management System

Process Safety Automation Quality Management System

We provide quality management, specification and safety life cycle management services for safety automation, instrumentation and safety systems. Our services ensure that your safety automation design, implementation and maintenance processes meet the safety and quality requirements of TUKES (Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency) and relevant standards.

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Life cycle of the safety automation - Safety Planning

The operators and facility suppliers are expected to follow safety automation life cycle standards. Life cycle model ensures that safety automation performance meets the requirements of legislation and standards, and thus improves the process safety and efficiency.

Kiwa Inspecta's specialists have strong expertise as well as an active toolbox to produce the life cycle documents. We create the work process quickly and cost-effectively by choosing effective working methods. We provide you with safety automation life cycle model, that meets regulatory requirements of TUKES and helps to process safety management.

Our services cover all phases of process safety 

Our services support process industry operators such as circular economy companies, chemical and power plants, and other facilities that need safety automation.

Our scope of services cover:

  • Hazard and risk assessment stages using different methods
  • Different methods for defining requirements and allocation of the safety integrity levels
  • Verification calculations and project reviews
  • Validation documents: FAT and SAT test plans
  • Introduction of testing documentation
  • Documentation of change management 

The life cycle model of safety automation can be based on the requirements of pressure equipment and chemical legislation as well as the safety automation standards of EN 61508 and EN 61511.

Protection layers to prevent accidents in plants

Preparation of a project safety plan

The Safety Plan presents the project life cycle model

The plan includes:

  • The administrative and technical measures required throughout the life cycle of the safety automation.
  • The organizations and individuals responsible for each phases of the life cycle and the actions required.
  • Risk assessment and definition documentation.
  • Safety integrity level ratings for safety automation
  • Validation and testing documents 

Typical applications

  • Circular economy and growth companies
  • Chemical plants
  • Pressure equipment safety device and safety automation systems
  • Steam boilers and power plants 
  • Reactors of the chemical industry
  • Oil and gas burners and their control- and safety systems
  • Solid fuel feeders and conveyors

Related standards and directives 

Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU

Functional safety standards (EN 61508, EN 61511) 


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