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Detectors receive IEC 61508 Certification

27 July 2009

General Monitors has announced that most of its gas and flame detectors have received IEC 61508 certification from FM Approvals, demonstrating suitability to a particular Safety Integrity Level.

Gas and flame detectors receive IEC 61508 Certification

The General Monitors products receiving certification are the FL3100, FL3101, FL3102, FL3110, FL3111, FL3112, and FL4000 Flame Detectors; the IR400, IR4000M, IR4000S, IR2100, IR5000, S4000C, S4000CH, and S4100C Combustible Gas Detectors; the S4000TH, S4000T, S4100T, and TS4000 Toxic Gas Detectors; and the Gassonic Observer and Surveyor Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detectors.

These products are used in the oil & gas industry as well as in other process industries where plant equipment and people are exposed to hazardous plant conditions.

Certification provides greater assurance about a supplier’s claim of SIL suitability. The voice of a foremost authority on normative standards for fire and gas detection equipment and an impartial organisation like FM Approvals can lend added credibility to a supplier’s assessment. Reliability calculations for end devices are already performed and available to the user, reducing the lead times for implementing SIL rated processes.