{"id":250884,"date":"2025-03-14T11:34:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T10:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modelwise.ai\/?p=250884"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T12:51:07","slug":"sif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modelwise.ai\/de\/sif\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety Instrumented Function (SIF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:3em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) is a protective layer designed to automatically bring a process to a safe state when set conditions are breached. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How does it work? 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