Safety-related values

User interface / operation

Miscellaneous standards and guidelines (e.g., the machinery directive 2006/42/EC) require that the probabilities of failure be calculated for machines and safety functions (see Safety functions). For this reason, device manufacturers provide for their devices / components safety-relevant characteristics. Thus, for example, the characteristic "MTBF" indicates how often a device fails or produces faulty results ("MTBF": short for "Mean Time Between Failures").