Market Overview

Global Vibration Level Switches market was valued USD 5.63 billion in 2022 and it is projected to surpass around USD 9.78 billion by 2030 growing  at a CAGR of 7.1% during the forecast period 2022 to 2030.


This market is growing because there is a high demand for vibration level switches in many businesses and more people are becoming interested in safety and security measures around the world. An absolute level monitor can't always be used because the tank may be too deep or the contents may not be liquid. In these situations, a level switch is used instead, which can be thought of as a rational switch that shows if there is anything around the switch. Attaching multiple switches to the side of a container makes it easy to tell if the tank needs to be refilled or if a pump on the bottom is going dry. But a moving fork level switch is usually not a good choice for liquids that are very thick. Some liquids can cause things to get stuck between the forks, which could make the machine work less well. Different makers have used different design features to work around both of these problems.

Vibration level switches are devices that can tell if a tank, storage box, or silo has liquid or solid materials in it. The monitor can also pick up on changes in the vibrations that happen when too much stuff builds up on the sides of the vessel. VLFs, which stand for vibration level switches, are an important part of tracking bulk materials in the processing and chemical industries.

The vibration level switch market is growing because it has advantages over other point-level measurement technologies, is becoming more popular in the drugs and food and beverage industries, and places a lot of importance on the safety of overfill protection systems. The year 2017 was used as a starting point for the study, and the years 2022 through 2030 were used to make predictions. The study gives a lot of information about the main things that affect the growth of this market.

Market Dynamics

Trends: Chemicals Industry is Expected to Hold Significant Share

Chemical manufacturing demands instrumentation as high as in no other industrial sector. The processes involve large changes in temperature and pressure, so the sensors used must be made of materials that are resistant to chemicals and work well even in the most difficult circumstances. To keep things safe and avoid explosions, the way chemicals are made is done with the utmost care and in clean conditions. Most chemicals are made by putting together chemical processes, absorption, and filtration. Level measurement is essential in bulk storage tanks, small storage and buffer tanks, reaction vessel, reactor, storage tanks for chlorine, toxic liquids storage, the distillation of primary products, storage and transfer of solvents, toxic liquids storage, process steam generation, silos, and separator vessel tank for recovery of raw materials.

Asia Pacific is Expected to Witness Fastest Growth

In Asia-Pacific countries like China and India, where industrialization is growing, level measurement is used in more and more industrial applications. This is driving the market's growth in the area. China is one of the biggest makers of a number of chemicals, and there is a lot of room for companies that make a number of high-risk substances to install vibration level switches. Due to the low price of crude oil right now, the capacity of the region's refineries has grown a lot between 2014 and 2019. According to a report by BP Statistical Review of World Energy in 2019, the Asia-Pacific region has the largest oil refining capacity globally, processing approximately 34.75 million barrels per day in 2018, which is expected to create an increased usage of vibration level switches in the oil and gas industry of the region.

Drivers: Increasing use of vibration level switches in the pharmaceutical sector has been found to be one of the key factors that will drive the market forward between 2021 and 2026, according to an analysis of the market. In the pharmaceutical business, vibration level switches are very reliable and offer a high level of performance. In November 2019, VEGA Grieshaber released the new VEGAPOINT capacitive level switch for measuring liquids and light bulk solids in the food and pharmaceutical businesses. The sound level switch market will also have chances to grow because of pharmaceutical companies' plans to grow. In May 2021, Granules India, a pharmaceutical company, decided to spend $139 million over the next three years to increase the amount of drugs it can make at its current plant in Hyderabad, India. To make sure the measurements are accurate, the company decided to use a vibrating level switch. will get bigger In the long run, these growths may have an effect on the growth of the market for sound level switches.

During the projection period, one of the things that will drive the market forward will be the development of smart vibration level switches. The Smart Vibration Level Switch has an e-Smart feature that can measure solids or liquids instantly without having to be adjusted. The smart level switch has many benefits, such as being resistant to rust and heat, being hygienic, being easy to clean, being very accurate, and being able to step up the circuit. Smart-level switches are used a lot in coal ash, feed machinery, the pharmaceutical business, and automation control. The EMA LB series compact high-frequency level switch solution for the food and beverage business was released in June 2021 by EMA Electronics, a company that makes sensor technology and industrial switches. It is perfect for measuring liquids, pastes, small amounts, and powders because it is small, can be installed in a small area, and can learn with just one touch.

Challenges: Most of the time, vibration level switches can only be put in certain places in the container. This limits their use and makes them too sensitive, which can cause measurement mistakes. Most vibration level switches have a vibrating fork that goes into the environment to measure the change in frequency. This turns the sensor's output and causes a sticky medium to stick to the fork, which causes measurement mistakes. Forks are more likely to break when they are used. Another thing slowing the growth of the market is that vibration level changes don't work with all media. The above reasons will have a big effect on how often vibration level switches are used, which will slow the growth of the market.

Liquids that are toxic, flammable, or explosive are often used in industries like oil and gas, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, which can be dangerous for both the surroundings and the people who work there. So, manufacturers in the incumbent business need to make sure that dangerous liquids are stored and moved safely. In particular, a tank should not be overfilled. Vibration level switches are often used in process industries to find surface levels (minimum and maximum) and avoid overfilling and dry runs.

In the next few years, the market for vibration level switches is likely to grow because of rising demand in industries like power generation, oil and gas, and medicines. Because of the need for safety in these applications, more money is being put into new technologies that can correctly monitor process parameters, which increases their potential to make money. Also, companies are putting a lot of money into research and development, which will help them make more advanced versions of these goods more quickly.

Major Market Segments Covered 

On the basis Type

Vibrating Fork

A vibrating fork level switch is a type of float-type level sensor that works by hanging the device from two or more leaf springs. When this system moves, the beams bend and move, which brings them into touch with an electrical circuit. When there is no flow across the switch, it stays open and doesn't close any circuits. When there is flow across the switch, it closes the circuit to show that the levels have changed.

Vibrating Rod

A vibrating rod is a simple and reliable gadget that has two main parts: an oscillator (vibration generator) and a pick-up sensor. The vibration level switch works by sending wave energy from the source to the receiver part through one or more rods that act as transmitters.

On the basis of Application

 The market is segmented into liquid and solid.

On the basis of End User

Oil & Gas

Vibration level switches are mostly used in equipment that moves liquids, like pumps and pipes. In North America, one of the biggest industries that use vibration sensors is the oil and gas business. In their pumping stations, oil and gas companies use VLSs to keep track of tank levels and improve safety by taking action when a certain limit is met.

Chemicals

In the chemicals business, vibration level switches are used to turn on and off machines, pumps, and other equipment. It can tell how much liquid is in storage tanks, bunkers, and other containers. Most of the time, these switches are put in at a certain height from which the fluid runs down. When there is no flow or low pressure of fluid because of low levels, it gives out an alarm signal that either the machine or an operator sitting nearby can pick up on.

Food & Beverages

Vibration level switches are used to measure the amount of liquid, powder, or grains in food and drinks. These "level switches" measure the height or depth of a solid product in a container and turn on an electrical switch when that level is reached.

Pharmaceuticals

In the pharmacy industry, vibration level switches can be helpful. According to FDA guidelines for processing drugs, two of them are precision and accuracy. Product loss from overfilling or spilling is cut down, which can help with quality control and safety. Less money is spent on labor. Profits go up when output goes up.

Regional insights

Geographically, Vibration Level Switches market is divided into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa. (MEA).

In 2020, around 33% of the global vibration level switch market was in APAC. This region is expected to grow at a fast rate from 2021 to 2026 because vibration level switches are being used more and more. North America and Europe are next, after the chemical and drug businesses. Long-term growth in the market in the APAC region has been caused by things like more manufacturing, faster industrialization, and more digitization in industries like chemicals, power generation, wastewater treatment, and medicines. The vibration level switch market will also have chances to grow if the government puts money into making power to meet demand. India's largest power company, NTPC, decided in July 2021 to spend $0.034 trillion in renewable energy so that coal-based power plants would be phased out by 2032. This will make power plants use sound level switches more often. Vibration level switches have also been used because of the government's efforts to improve safety in the workplace. For example, the Draft Chemicals (Control and Safety) Rules of India, also called "India REACH," came out in August 2020. These rules cover how drugs, substances in preparations, and substances in items must be reported, registered, labeled, and packaged. Provides a ban on and intermediates used in India and makes sure that certain >=1t/y priority chemicals are registered in a way that is similar to REACH. There is a chance that these investments and rules will slow down the growth of the market for sound level switches in the long run.

Scope Of Report

Key Vendor

• Endress+Hauser
• VEGA Grieshaber
• Emerson Electric
• KROHNE Messtechnik
• Siemens
• ABB
• AMETEK
• Magnetrol International
• Bürkert Fluid Control Systems
• Pepperl+Fuchs
• Nivelco Process Control
• Finetek Group
• Matsushima Measure Tech
• Dwyer Instruments
• Flowline

• Endress+Hauser

Endress+Hauser is the world leader in industrial process engineering testing instruments, services, and solutions. They offer process solutions for flow, level, pressure, analytics, temperature, recording, and digital messaging. These solutions help to make processes more cost-effective, safe, and good for the environment. Their customers work in many different fields, such as the chemical, food and beverage, life sciences, power and energy, mining, minerals and metals, oil and gas, water and wastewater, and oil and gas businesses.

• VEGA Grieshaber

 VEGA has set itself the goal of making new measurement technology that is easy to set up and use, safest, and most reliable as possible. Over 2,100 people work for VEGA all over the world, and 1,000 of them work at the company's offices in Schiltach, which is in the Black Forest. This is where, for over 60 years now, solutions to demanding measuring tasks are being conceived and brought to realization: for chemical and pharmaceutical plants, the food industry, drinking water supply systems, sewage treatment plants, landfills, mining, power generation, oil platforms, ships and airplanes.

• KROHNE Messtechnik

The KROHNE Group is a global company that makes process instruments, measurement solutions, and services for many different businesses. They were started in 1921 and have their headquarters in Duisburg, Germany. The KROHNE Group has local contacts for any size instrumentation job in over 100 countries. KROHNE is one of the market leaders in the process business because it is known for innovation and making the best products.

• Siemens

Siemens' buzzing level switches can tell if a liquid or solid is too high, too low, or just right. They work in harsh environments and help many businesses. Siemens has a wide range of applications that can be used to design, finance, build, run, and manage a smart grid and power distribution systems.

• Magnetrol International

Magnetrol has a wide variety of new level, flow, and volume controls for the process industries. Find out more about the Magnetrol products that can help you manage level, flow, or interfaces, as well as the intelligent flow controls for process industries. Different applications and models are used in each business.

Industrial development

In June 2020, ABB Ltd. announced that it had bought K-TEK Corp., which made laser level transmitters, magnetic level gauges, and magneto level transmitters. K-TEK makes many different kinds of point-level sensing tools, such as switches for vibration level, pressure, and temperature.

The switch can test itself and can stand up to most finishes. It is designed to replace ultrasonic gap switches, float switches, and RF capacitance switches.

Market Segmentation

The global Vibration Level Switches Market research report is categorized based on type, applications and region.

On the basis of Type

• Vibrating Fork
• Vibrating Rod

On the basis of Application

• Liquids
• Solids

On the basis of End User

• Oil and Gas
• Chemicals
• Water and Wastewater
• Food and Beverages
• Pharmaceuticals
• Power Generation
• Metals and Mining
• Others

The global Vibration Level Switches Market Regional insights

• North America
  • US
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Rest of North America
• Europe
  • Germany
  • France
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • UK
  • Nordic Countries
    • Denmark
    • Finland
    • Iceland
    • Sweden
    • Norway
  • Benelux Union
    • Belgium
    • The Netherlands
    • Luxembourg
  • Rest of Europe
• Asia-Pacific
  • Japan
  • China
  • India
  • Australia
  • South Korea
  • Southeast Asia
    • Indonesia
    • Thailand
    • Malaysia
    • Singapore
    • Rest of Southeast Asia
  • Rest of Asia-Pacific
• The Middle East & Africa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • Egypt
  • South Africa
  • Rest of the Middle East & Africa
• Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Argentina
  • Rest of Latin America

Conclusion