Machinery Safety 101
27 February, 2017

ISO 13849-1 Analysis — Part 5: Diagnostic Coverage (DC)

by Doug Nix
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A graph showing the theoretical "bathtub curve" for product failure rate over the lifetime of the product.

Post updated 2019-07-24. Ed. What is Diagnostic Coverage? Understanding Diagnostic Coverage (DC) as it is used in ISO 13849-1 [1] is critical to analysing the design of any safety function assessed using this standard. In case you missed a previous part of the series, you can read it here. In the last instalment of this…

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