Izlozheny svedeniya o modernizatsii oborudovaniya promyshlennogo predpriyatiya v sootvetstvii s predlagaemoy klassifikatsiey po vidam, podvidam, ob"emam rabot, tekhnicheskoy napravlennosti, konechnym tselyam, selektsii i simplifikatsii. Osoboe vnimanie udeleno ergonomicheskomu vidu modernizatsii, obespechivayushchey bezopasnost' truda, ekologicheskuyu i sanitarno-gigienicheskuyu bezopasnost', uluchshenie i oblegchenie usloviy truda. Prednaznachaetsya dlya inzhenerno-tekhnicheskikh rabotnikov mashinostroitel'nykh predpriyatiy, zanimayushchikhsya voprosami modernizatsii tekhnologicheskogo oborudovaniya, a takzhe mozhet byt' polezna studentam tekhnicheskikh vuzov.