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摘要

The condition monitoring equipment market is growing strongly, according to industry analyst Frost & Sullivan, with the growing understanding that this type of technology can lead to significant cost savings. Worth around £720m in 2010, the sector is growing at around 3.2 per cent annually and is forecast to reach a value of £1. lbn by 2015. The market is composed of three main sectors: vibration monitoring, analysis of lubrication oil and thermography, with the first of these accounting for about 60 per cent of the overall market. Vibration monitoring is also the fastest-growing segment, as smaller industrial markets - such as mining, sugar production, building inspection and marine engineering - join the larger users in the process sectors.