Systems and methods for detecting bearing failures for tool assemblies of agricultural implements

An agricultural implement, comprising:

• an implement frame;
• a plurality of disk gang assemblies supported relative to the implement frame, with each disk gang assembly including a toolbar coupled to the implement frame and a plurality of disks supported by the toolbar, the plurality of disk gang assemblies including a first disk gang assembly;
• a first load sensor configured to generate data indicative of an applied load through the first disk gang assembly;
• and
• a computing system communicatively coupled to the first load sensor, the computing system being configured to:
• monitor the load applied through the first disk gang assembly based on the data received from the first load sensor;
• evaluate the monitored load relative to a predetermined load threshold associated at least in part with the first disk gang assembly;
• identify that the first disk gang assembly is experiencing a bearing failure condition based at least in part on the evaluation of the monitored load relative to the load threshold;
• and
• select the load threshold based at least in part on a ground speed of the agricultural implement and a penetration depth of the plurality of disks of the first disk gang assembly.

A method for detecting bearing failures for tool assemblies of agricultural implements, the method comprising:

• monitoring, with a computing system, a load applied through a first tool assembly of an agricultural implement as the agricultural implement is being moved through a field during the performance of an agricultural operation;
• monitoring, with the computing system, a load applied through a second tool assembly of the agricultural implement;
• determining, with the computing system, a load differential between the loads applied through the first and second tool assemblies;
• evaluating, with the computing system, the monitored loads relative to a predetermined load threshold associated with the first tool assembly and the second tool assembly, wherein the predetermined load threshold comprises a load differential threshold forming part of a predetermined load differential threshold, and wherein evaluating the monitored load relative to the predetermined load threshold comprises comparing the load differential to the predetermined load differential threshold;
• and
• identifying, with the computing system, that the first tool assembly is experiencing a bearing failure condition based at least in part on the evaluation of the monitored load relative to the load threshold, wherein identifying that the first tool assembly is experiencing the bearing failure condition comprises identifying that the first tool assembly is experiencing the bearing failure condition when the load differential falls outside the predetermined load differential range due to an increase in the load applied through the first tool assembly.