Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept in service long after it should have been replaced.

拨款减少意味着设备达到该替换的期限后还要使用很长时间。

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There's also a large ecosystem of robotics-related companies in America that employ thousands of people who design, build, program, and service robots and the equipment they work with.

同样在美国还有大量的与机器人技术相关的公司，他们雇用了成千上万的人来设计、制造、编程，以及为他们所工作的机器人和设备提供服务。

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Configurations of equipment that may provide safe service at high speeds may not always provide safe operation in other environment.

能在高速环境下安全运行的设备配置，并不意味着也能在其他环境中安全运行。

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Crane sales will improve 29% in 2012 and food-service-equipment sales will advance 6%, after solid gains in both segments in 2011, Jaffe says.

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"It is important all our equipment is in service so we can maintain a good quality of electricity supply to all of our customers who depend on our service, " he said.

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In November, GE opened the Kaluga Energy Technology Center to service GE power generation equipment installed in Russia.

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