Industrial Automatic Control Systems and Controllers Annotation << Back Automation of condition-based maintenance of industrial equipment Itskovich E.L. The paper overviews the methods of automated equipment state estimation, its degradation analysis and prediction as well as rational maintenance planning. The niche of these methods in the overall EAM structure is shown as well as its relationship with process controls and MES. The features of various EAM systems operated at Russian enterprises are included. Keywords: equipment monitoring, automation of maintenance planning, EAM systems. E-mail: itskov@ipu.rssi.ru