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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.
Table 2.1 Definitions
Term
Definition
A Series Header
MacDon A30S, A30D, A40D, A40DX, standard and Grass Seed auger headers
API
American Petroleum Institute
ASTM
American Society of Testing and Materials
Bolt
A headed and externally threaded fastener designed to be paired with a nut
Cab-forward
Windrower operation mode in which the Operator’s seat faces the header
CDM
The cab display module in an M Series Windrower
Center-link
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
CGVW
Combined gross vehicle weight
DK
Double knife
DWA
Double Windrow Attachment
Engine-forward Windrower operation with Operator and engine facing in direction of travel
Export header The header configuration typical outside North America
FFFT
Flats from finger tight
Finger tight
A reference position in which the given sealing surfaces or components are making
contact with each other. The fitting has been tightened by hand to a point where the
fitting is no longer loose and cannot be tightened further by hand
GSS
Grass Seed
GVW
Gross vehicle weight
Hard joint
A joint made with use of a fastener where joining materials are highly incompressible
Header
A machine that cuts and lays crop into a windrow when attached to a windrower
Hex key
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
JIC
Joint Industrial Council: A standards body that developed standard sizing and shape for
the original 37° flared fitting
Knife
A cutting device found on a header’s cutterbar which uses a reciprocating cutter (also
called a sickle) to cut crop so that it can be fed into the header
M Series Windrowers
MacDon M100, M105, M150, M155, M155E4, M200, and M205 Windrowers
M1 Series Windrowers
MacDon M1170, M1170NT, M1170NT5 , and M1240 Windrowers
M2 Series Windrowers
MacDon M2170, M2170NT, and M2260 Windrowers
n/a
Not applicable
N-DETENT
The slot opposite the NEUTRAL position on the operator’s console of M Series SP
Windrowers
North American header
The header configuration typical in North America
NPT
National Pipe Thread: A style of fitting used for low-pressure port openings. Threads on
NPT fittings are uniquely tapered for an interference fit
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