Аннотация:Because of various advantages of planetary transmission system, it has been widely used in modern industry. And study on planetary gearbox degradation feature analysis method has important significance for mechanical system prognostics and health management (PHM). In order to analysis the degradation characteristic of planetary gearbox, Energram is proposed in this paper based on Kurtogram. Kurtogram is used for finding the optimal frequency band to rotating machinery fault diagnosis by calculating kurtosis. Similarly, Energram is used to show the energy trend of each frequency band by calculating energy, and arithmetic Energram is used to show the change of frequency band energy. The principle and application of Energram and arithmetic Energram are described by experimental data examples in this paper. A detailed study of planetary gearbox degradation characteristics is expressed in case study, which including Energram, arithmetic Energram and four particular comparative analyses. And the conclusions of each comparative analysis are given.