Product Overview; Definitions - MacDon R113 Operator's Manual

2 Product Overview

2.1 Definitions
The following terms and abbreviations may be used in this manual:
Term
API
APT
ASTM
Bolt
Center-link
CGVW
Export mower conditioner
Finger tight
FFFT
GVW
Hard joint
Hex key
hp
JIC
Mower conditioner
n/a
North American mower conditioner
NPT
Nut
ORB
147910
American Petroleum Institute
Articulated power turn
American Society of Testing and Materials
A headed and externally threaded fastener that is designed to be
paired with a nut
A hydraulic cylinder or turnbuckle type link between the mower
conditioner and the carrier frame that tilts the mower conditioner
Combined gross vehicle weight
Machine configuration typical outside North America
Finger tight is a reference position where sealing surfaces or
components are making contact with each other and the fitting has
been tightened to a point where the fitting is no longer loose.
Flats from finger tight
Gross vehicle weight
A joint made with using a fastener where joining materials are highly
incompressible
A hex key or Allen key (also known by various other synonyms)
is a tool of hexagonal cross-section used to drive bolts and screws
that have a hexagonal socket in the head (internal-wrenching
hexagon drive).
Horsepower
Joint Industrial Council: a standards body that developed the sizing
and shape for the original 37° flared fitting.
A machine that cuts and conditions hay, and is pulled by an
agricultural tractor
Not applicable
Machine configuration typical in North America
National Pipe Thread: A style of fitting used for low pressure port
openings. Threads on NPT fittings are uniquely tapered for an
interference fit.
An internally threaded fastener that is designed to be paired with
a bolt
O-ring boss: A style of fitting commonly used in port opening on
manifolds, pumps, and motors.
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