Chapter 2: Product Overview; Definitions - MacDon FlexDraper FD1 Series Operator's Manual

2 Product Overview

2.1 Definitions

The following terms and acronyms may be used in this manual:
Term
AHHC
API
ASTM
Bolt
Center-link
CGVW
D1 Series header
DDD
DK
DKD
DR
FD1 Series header
FFFT
Finger tight
GVW
Hard joint
Header
Hex key
HDS
hp
JIC
Knife
MDS
n/a
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Definition
Automatic Header Height Control
American Petroleum Institute
American Society of Testing and Materials
A headed and externally threaded fastener that is designed to be paired with a nut
A hydraulic cylinder link between header and machine used to change header angle
Combined gross vehicle weight
MacDon D120, D125, D130, D135, D140, and D145 combine draper header from
D1 model number series
Double-draper drive
Double knife
Double-knife drive
Double reel
MacDon FD130, FD135, FD140, or FD145 combine FlexDraper
FD1 Series model number series
Flats from finger tight
Finger tight is a reference position where sealing surfaces or components are
making contact with each other, and fitting has been tightened to a point where
fitting is no longer loose
Gross vehicle weight
A joint made with use of a fastener where joining materials are highly
incompressible
A machine that cuts crop and feeds it into an attached combine
A tool of hexagonal cross-section used to drive bolts and screws that have a
hexagonal socket in head (internal-wrenching hexagon drive); also known as an
Allen key and various other synonyms
Hydraulic deck shift
Horsepower
Joint Industrial Council: A standards body that developed standard sizing and shape
for original 37° flared fitting
A cutting device which uses a reciprocating cutter (also called a sickle)
Mechanical deck shift
Not applicable
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