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4/3/25, 4:29 PM HIMA’s automatic safety test solution supports BASF's new Verbund Site in Zhanjiang | Industry EMEA

HIMA’S AUTOMATIC SAFETY TEST SOLUTION SUPPORTS BASF'S

NEW VERBUND SITE IN ZHANJIANG

HIMA Smart Safety Test leads to time saving and drives efficiency at BASF’s Zhanjiang Verbund Site Project in
China.

BASF Zhanjiang Verbund Site Project in China. (Picture: BASF)

BASF’s largest new construction project in China, the Zhanjiang Verbund Site Project (ZVSP), requires high personnel and time
expenditures for tests, especially Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), Integration Factory Acceptance Test (IFAT) and loop tests. To
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reduce these efforts, BASF has opted for the HIMA Smart Safety Test, integral part of SILworX , HIMA’s engineering,
diagnostics and test tool which enables a flexible, automated test concept over the entire life cycle of a safety system.

The FAT and IFAT for the first segments of the plant was carried out traditionally. After the manual execution, it became clear
that a new way needed to be followed in order to meet the high-ranking project objectives and to increase efficiency. This,
amongst other aspects is born by the complexity of the start and stop sequences to be tested.

So, the decision was made to automate future tests with the HIMA Smart Safety Test. By doing so, fully testing of all static
functions as well as the sequences got automatically tested and the test evidence got created and documented automatically.

Reflecting timelines and dimensions of this capital investment of BASF in China, new ways of implementing the safety
functionalities where required to achieve the project objectives while maintaining plant safety of the highest level achievable.
Based on a close collaboration between BASF and HIMA engineers a new concept for testing and verification of safety functions
got implemented across the entire project.

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