Safety Integrity Level (SIL) shows how much a safety system can reduce risk.
SIL is given a number from 1 to 4.
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SIL 1 means low safety protection
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SIL 4 means very high safety protection
The SIL number tells us how reliable a system must be to provide the required level of safety.
It is important to remember that safety reliability is different from normal performance reliability