Predictive maintenance AI: what the EU AI Act asks of you
The system being classified
You run models that predict equipment failure from sensor data on your own production line. No natural person is assessed, ranked or profiled.
Minimal risk
No mandatory product obligations beyond AI literacy. Voluntary codes of conduct recommended; keep your inventory current.
This is the classification of the configuration described above, not of your system. One different answer can move it — which is exactly what the comparison further down shows, and what the free assessment settles in about ten minutes.
What produced this verdict
These are the entire inputs. The engine is deterministic, so these answers always produce the verdict above.
Scope and role
- · Deployer — you use it under your own authority
- · Placed on the EU market, or output used in the EU
What applies, and from when (2)
Every entry cites the article it comes from and the date it binds. That second column is the part most summaries of the Omnibus get wrong.
| Article | Obligation | Binding from |
|---|---|---|
| Art. 4 | AI literacy Ensure staff dealing with AI systems have a sufficient level of AI literacy (training records recommended). | 2 February 2025 |
| Best practice | AI system inventory Maintain a central register of all AI systems in use, their purpose, risk tier and owner. | Good practice |
What would change this verdict
Each row below is the same scenario with one answer changed, re-run through the same engine. These are not predictions about your system; they are what our classifier returns when that single fact differs. Where one change to the scenario necessarily moves a second answer with it, the row says which, and why.
The equipment is a safety component of critical infrastructure
Becomes high-risk systemAnnex III point 2 covers safety components in the management of critical digital infrastructure, road traffic and the supply of water, gas, heating and electricity.
- Obligations: 2 → 8 (+6)
- +1 flagged for counsel review
- Key date changes to 2 December 2027 — Annex III high-risk obligations apply (postponed from 2 August 2026 by the 2026 Omnibus)
The same models also monitor operator performance
Becomes high-risk systemWorker management is an Annex III category regardless of what the system was originally built for.
- Obligations: 2 → 9 (+7)
- Key date changes to 2 December 2027 — Annex III high-risk obligations apply (postponed from 2 August 2026 by the 2026 Omnibus)
Your system is not this system
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Produced by rule set 1.6.1, legal state 2026-08-05. The engine is deterministic and contains no language model in the verdict path, and every rule is published at /methodology for you to audit.
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