Chapter 2: Product Overview; Definitions - MacDon D65 Operator's Manual

Chapter 2: Product Overview

The product overview provides the dimensions, details, and performance criteria for the various sizes and configurations.

2.1 Definitions

The following terms, abbreviations, and acronyms are used in this manual.
Term
API
ASTM
Bolt
Cab-forward
CDM
Center-link
CGVW
D Series Header
DK
DKD
DWA
Engine-forward
Export header
FFFT
Finger tight
GSL
GVW
Hard joint
Header
Hex key
ISC
JIC
M Series Windrowers
n/a
N-DETENT
North American header
NPT
Nut
ORB
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Definition
American Petroleum Institute
American Society of Testing and Materials
A headed and externally threaded fastener designed to be paired with a nut
Windrower operation mode, in which the Operator's seat faces the header
Cab display module on an M Series Windrower
A hydraulic cylinder or manually adjustable turnbuckle type connection between the
header and the vehicle, which is used to change the angle of the header relative to the
vehicle
Combined gross vehicle weight
MacDon D50, D60, and D65 rigid draper headers
Double knife
Double-knife drive
Double Windrow Attachment
Windrower operation with Operator and engine facing in direction of travel
The header configuration typical outside North America
Flats from finger tight
Finger tight is a reference position in which the given sealing surfaces or components are
making contact with each other and the fitting has been tightened by hand to a point
where the fitting is no longer loose and cannot be tightened further by hand
Ground speed lever
Gross vehicle weight
A joint made with use of a fastener where joining materials are highly incompressible
A machine that cuts and lays crop into a windrow when attached to a windrower
A tool of hexagonal cross-section used to drive bolts and screws that have a hexagonal
socket in the head (internal-wrenching hexagon drive); also known as an Allen key
Intermediate Speed Control
Joint Industrial Council: A standards body that developed standard sizing and shape for
original 37° flared fitting
MacDon M100, M105, M150, M155, M155E4, M200, and M205 Windrowers
Not applicable
The slot opposite the NEUTRAL position on the operator's console of M Series SP
Windrowers
The header 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 designed to be paired with a bolt
O-ring boss: A style of fitting commonly used in port openings on manifolds, pumps,
and motors
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