CERTAIN INDUSTRIES ARE CURRENTLY DOCUMENTING SAVINGS IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR AS A RESULT OF MONITORING MACHINERY HEALTH AND PREDICTING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHIC FAILURES. LARGE COST SAVINGS HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE DUE TO TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN PORTABLE DATA COLLECTORS AND AUTOMATED PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS. VIBRATION DATA IS ALSO SPECIFIED FOR MACHINERY ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA IN MANY INDUSTRIES. SPECIAL VIBRATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR HIGH-SPEED APPLICATIONS ARE DISCUSSED ALONG WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS OF VIBRATION TECHNOLOGY.
