System and method for detecting disk gang plugging on a tillage implement

A system for detecting disk gang plugging on a tillage implement, the system comprising:

• an implement frame;
• a plurality of disk gangs supported on the implement frame, each disk gang including a disk gang shaft and a plurality of disks spaced apart from each other along the disk gang shaft;
• a plurality of load sensors configured to generate data indicative of loads being applied to the plurality of disk gangs;
• a plurality of depth sensors configured to generate data indicative of depths of the plurality of disk blades of the plurality of disk gangs;
• and
• a computing system communicatively coupled to the plurality of load sensors and the plurality of depth sensors, the computing system configured to:
• determine a total load being applied to each disk gang based on the data generated by the plurality of load sensors;
• determine an average load per disk being applied to each disk gang based on the determined total loads;
• determine a baseline average value of the average loads per disk being applied to the plurality of disk gangs;
• determine a moving baseline average value over a predetermined time period;
• determine the depths of the plurality of disk blades of the plurality of disk gangs based on the data generated by the plurality of the depth sensors;
• determine a threshold offset for each disk gang based on the determined depths;
• and
• determine a plug status value for each disk gang based on the determined average loads per disk, the moving baseline average value, the average loads per disk, and the threshold offsets.

A method for detecting disk gang plugging on a tillage implement, the tillage implement including a plurality of disk gangs, each disk gang including a plurality of disks, the method comprising:

• receiving, with a computing system, load sensor data indicative of loads acting on the plurality of disk gangs;
• determining, with the computing system, a total load being applied to each disk gang based on the received load sensor data;
• determining, with the computing system, an average load per disk being applied to each disk gang based on the determined total loads;
• determining, with the computing system, a baseline average value of the average loads per disk being applied to the plurality of disk gangs;
• determining, with the computing system, a moving baseline average value over a predetermined time period;
• receiving, with the computing system, depth sensor data indicative of depths of the plurality of disk blades of the plurality of disk gangs;
• determining, with the computing system, the depths of the plurality of disk blades of each disk gang based on the received depth sensor data;
• determining, with the computing system, a threshold offset for each disk gang based on the determined depths;
• determining, with the computing system, a plug status value for each disk gang based on the determined average loads per disk, the moving baseline average value, the average loads per disk, and the threshold offsets;
• and
• initiating, with the computing system, at least one of an adjustment to a ground speed of the tillage implement or a position of a given disk gang of the plurality of disk gangs relative to a frame of the tillage implement based on the determined plug status values.