Friends and Colleagues,
Have you ever been asked to prove that a software solution was
reliable enough to serve a safety function?
Join us for an evening with John Hunt who will be discussing this
important and interesting topic.
IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society Santa Clara Valley Chapter
"You want the PC on your desk to have the fastest processor, most
capacity and latest software, right?
Why should your safety solutions be "behind the wave"?"
Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Dinner: 5:45 – 7:00 p.m. Socialize with your colleagues and
tonight's speaker at:
El Torito Mexican Restaurant, 2950 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara, CA
95054 (408-727-4426) -- just two blocks north of the meeting site.
No RSVP required.
Program: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. No admission charge. Open to the public.
Topic: The Integration of Automation and Safety – Safety PLCs
(programmable logic controllers)
Safety standards traditionally have separated equipment function and
safety, trusting hardware and mechanical safety features over software
and electronic.
Technical advances in automation hardware and software and new and
revised safety standards are driving the market for intelligent and
programmable safety solutions. This new generation of solutions is
designed to be more effective in preventing accidents, less costly to
implement, easier to adapt, and more reliable than existing hard wired
systems.
Effective implementation of new safety solutions for both specific
machines and plant wide solutions now is possible. Learn how safety
standards are affecting manufacturers, and how the integration of
Automation and Safety solutions help companies comply with these
standards while significantly reducing ownership costs.
Speaker: John Hunt
John Hunt has been with Siemens for 10 years, the last 3 years working
with the "Safety Integrated" team covering 3 regions, including
California. "Safety Integrated" products fall into four general
categories: switching device and fail-safe optical sensors; fail-safe
and high availability controllers; integrated safety functions in
drive technology; and safety packages for machine tools.
John's previous positions at Siemens have been as an Application
Engineer, Software Specialist, and Regional Business Development
Manager. Prior to Siemens John spent nearly twenty years in the
Automation Industry working for various System Integrators covering a
variety of industries.
Meeting Site: Applied Materials, Bowers Café, 3090 Bowers Ave, Santa
Clara, CA 95054 (map: http://www.scvemc.org/scv2003meetmap.gif )
Chair: Steve Baldwin, [email protected]
Vice-Chair: Roberto Pasos, [email protected]
Treasurer: Mark Montrose, [email protected]
Secretary: Gary Eldridge, [email protected]
Visit our chapter website: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/pses/index.html
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