System and method for detecting disk plugging on a tillage implement

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

• a main implement frame;
• a disk frame supported by the main implement frame;
• a plurality of disks supported by the disk frame, each disk configured to rotate relative to soil of a field;
• a load sensor configured to generate data indicative of a draft load being applied to the disk frame by the plurality of disks as the tillage implement traverses the field;
• and
• a computing system communicatively coupled to the load sensor, the computing system configured to:
• determine a twisting parameter of the disk frame about the main implement frame based on the data generated by the load sensor;
• and
• determine when at least one disk of the plurality of disks is plugged based on the determined twisting parameter.

A method for detecting disk plugging on a tillage implement, the tillage implement including a main implement frame and a disk frame supported by the main implement frame at a plurality of coupling joints, the method comprising:

• receiving, with a computing system, load sensor data from a load sensor indicative of a draft load being applied to the disk frame by a plurality of disks supported by the disk frame as the tillage implement traverses a field;
• determining, with the computing system, a twisting parameter of the disk frame about the main implement frame based on the received load sensor data;
• determining, with the computing system, when at least one disk of the plurality of disks is plugged based on the determined twisting parameter;
• and
• initiating, with the computing system, a control action associated with de-plugging the at least one disk of the plurality of disks when it is determined that the at least one disk of the plurality of disks is plugged.