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During the 2026 spring conference of ASTM F24, ADVANTIS CEO, Philipp Geering received a prestigious ASTM award for his dedication as Co-Chairman of the Risk Assessment Task Group. In countless hours, over the course of 8 years, this task group established this … Continue Reading

We’re excited to announce that the Operation and Use Risk Assessment – Basic Level course from the ADVANTIS Academy is now live! Visit ADVANTIS Academy now to explore the course Enroll now for CHF 480 (instead of CHF 600) – valid until January … Continue Reading

The Amusement Industry just got a major safety update! ASTM recently published F3598, the newly created Standard Practice for Risk Assessment for Amusement Rides and Devices, which sets a comprehensive framework for identifying, evaluating, and reducing risks for any amusement ride or device. The standard is … Continue Reading

We are in the process of integrating ISO13849 Performance Level verification into our Safety Function Design Module. This will allow you in the near future to document not only your Risk Assessment with ADVANTIS but also all your Safety Functions in a … Continue Reading

Time to give you a status update on Risk Assessment standards. The new ASTM standard on Risk Assessment for Amusement Rides and Devices has been balloted and is facing one opponent who is challenging the publication of this important new … Continue Reading

As communicated before, we are working on the integration of the Performance Level calculation according to ISO 13849-1:2023. Also in development is the integration of SIL calculation according to IEC 62061:2015. Below in red, some illustrations, of how the integration … Continue Reading

We started the development of the ADVANTIS Training Academy courses. The initial offering will include the following three courses tailored to the Amusement Park and Attractions Industry: Each course will have three levels of expertise:  Our newly created eLearning platform provides multiple … Continue Reading

We are pleased to announce the signing of a multi-year contract with Six Flags Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia. Under this agreement, all new installations (28 dry rides, 22 water park attractions) will receive an OURA (Operation and Use Risk Assessment) with … Continue Reading

ADVANTIS is continuously adding new software features. A big next step is the integration of the ISO 13849-1 calculation into the design phase. The user will then be able to verify the design directly inside ADVANTIS without the need for … Continue Reading

The two ADVANTIS founders, Philipp Geering (CEO) and Stephan Freund (COO) will both be attending the upcoming IAAPA Expo Europe in Vienna. Please join Philipp and Stephan at the Safety Day held in the Prater venue on Monday, Sept. 25th. A separate registration is necessary to attend this special … Continue Reading

When it comes to documenting your safety function, there are two parts to this; First Hardware verification where you prove that your solution meets the required Performance Level (PL) or Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and second the software piece of … Continue Reading

Have you ever heard of the VDMA-Interface? If not, then you might not be a controls engineer using SISTEMA to document your safety functions. But if you are, then we got good news for you. ADVANTIS is also using the … Continue Reading

IAAPA launched an effort to harmonize the content of the current suit of ASTM F24 standards with the content of EN13814 parts 1, 2 and 3. This is a multi-year undertake involving experts from both standardization committees. In a first … Continue Reading

The creation of a risk assessment can be challenging at times, especially for unexperienced authors. As with every document, writing a risk assessment can be separated into form and content. Fortunately, international safety standards define the process and the various … Continue Reading

Many of you are still convinced, that a risk assessment is an unnecessary piece of document that eventually some lonely inspector wants to see. This assessment is totally unrelated to the actual design of the ride and was done after … Continue Reading

We’re pleased to announce to our users that the new “Transferred Risk” feature has officially been released. That’s the feature we introduced in a previous post: https://advantis.tech/transferred-risk/   Steps to share risk with another company: Step 1: Make a project … Continue Reading

ADVANTIS is far more than risk assessment software. We guide you through the entire development process from an initial analysis all the way to validation. Here is a sneak preview of what we anticipate for our validation phase. Initially, this … Continue Reading

Why should I be using ADVANTIS, if my Excel spreadsheet can do the same? Well, can your Excel…. …guide you through the predefined industry-compliant process? …remind you if you forgot to mitigate all the intolerable risks? …update a typo all … Continue Reading

We would like to keep you in the loop on what is going on with the development of the new soon-to-be-released standard on Risk Assessment. A task group with nearly 100 members has been involved in the development of this … Continue Reading