Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed
development of the DIASYS Netmation 4S, a control system complying with IEC
61508 (2010) (SIL3) international functional safety standards. Developed for
monitoring and control of thermal power generation plants and other facilities,
the DIASYS Netmation 4S is one of only a few examples - and the first in Japan
- of products to satisfy the stringent hardware and software requirements of
IEC 61508 (2010) guidelines in terms of both "control and protection"
functions. Certification was acquired from the third-party international
testing and certification organization TÜV SÜD, based in Germany. After
receiving formal recognition of the DIASYS Netmation 4S's world-leading reliability,
MHI now plans to proceed toward inaugurating shipments of the new system from
spring 2014.