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11/22/23, 4:02 PM HIMA introduces new SILworX version 14.0.0 | World Pipelines
"The ability to integrate external plug-ins into SILworX without compromising the safety function is an important
step in our 'Safety goes Digital' strategy," says Peter Sieber, Vice President Strategic Marketing at HIMA. Under
the motto #safetygoesdigital, HIMA is driving forward the digitalisation of functional safety with added value.
In addition to plug-ins, the new version of the engineering tool also simplifies collaboration in automation
projects: the new "Multi-File Project" option enables projects to be saved as a library of related files for the
different parts of the project, with version control embedded into each component. These can be imported
individually into external versioning tools and later reassembled into a project. This makes team collaboration
on large projects much easier and more efficient.

The COMPARATOR PLUS function helps to make the engineering and modification of safety systems more
efficient, while reducing the work needed to demonstrate change management throughout the safety lifecycle.
Changes between different versions of safety logic and functionality are graphically compared and documented
in an intuitive manner.

Of particular interest to plant operators is the ability to implement automatic testing of all of the loops of the
Safety Instrumented System (SIS), as well as the communication to the basic process control system (BPCS)
and the field device level. The HIMA Smart Safety Test enables logic tests, automated recurrent testing, partial
stroke tests, transmitter tests and stress tests for the BPCS. The tests, and documentation of their results, are
carried out automatically.

"The new functions of SILworX – including multi-file projects, smart safety test and plug-ins – lead to significant
efficiency gains in the engineering and operation of safety devices," says Ivo Hanspach, Director Product
Management, HIMA.

Read the latest issue of World Pipelines magazine for pipeline news, project stories,
industry insight and technical articles.

World Pipelines’ November 2023 issue
The November 2023 issue of World Pipelines includes a regional report on pipeline activity in Australia,
covering the critical role Australia’s pipelines are playing in digitalisation and decarbonisation efforts. This issue
also includes a cover story about achieving ‘Mega Rule’ compliance, as well as articles on the role of pipelines
in the energy transition, offshore and subsea projects, leak detection, automatic welding systems and more.

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