System and method for piston ring prognostic

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor unit and a memory unit communicatively coupled to a communications bus;
• a data acquisition unit communicatively coupled to the communications bus and configured to:
• obtain a reference profile of a piston ring, wherein the reference profile comprises a plurality of reference fiducials;
• receive a measured profile of the piston ring, wherein the measured profile comprises a plurality of measured fiducials;
• a profile registration unit communicatively coupled to the data acquisition unit and configured to align the measured profile with the reference profile based on one or more of the plurality of reference fiducials and one or more of the plurality of measured fiducials;
• a model generator communicatively coupled to the profile registration unit and configured to:
• determine one or more wear parameters based on the aligned measured profile and the reference profile, wherein the one or more wear parameters comprises a wear depth value and a wear volume value;
• generate a wear model based on the one or more wear parameters;
• and
• a life prediction unit communicatively coupled to the model generator and configured to estimate a life of the piston ring based on the wear model.