The feature is mainly to catch data entry errors and should be set conservatively based on whatever the actual machine is, but if you don't care about that the defaults won't get in the way for almost everybody. There is a limit to how high you can set the limit, but it's about 4x global production (even more if you set the unit to Kg) which I don't anticipate anybody coming anywhere close to doing. Limits can be expressed in Lb/Kg/g depending on what makes sense for the user/machine.