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Revision B
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 may be used in this manual.
Term
Definition
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
Center-link
A hydraulic cylinder 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
D1X Series Header
MacDon D115X, D120X, and D125X rigid draper headers for M1 Series Windrowers
D1XL Series Header
MacDon D130XL, D135XL, D140XL, and D145XL rigid draper headers for M1 Series
Windrowers
DDD
Double-draper drive
DK
Double knife
DKD
Double-knife drive
DR
Double reel
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
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
GSL
Ground speed lever
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
HDS
Hydraulic deck shift
hp
Horsepower
HPT display
Harvest Performance Tracker display module on an M1 Series Windrower
ISC
Intermediate Speed Control
JIC
Joint Industrial Council: A standards body that developed standard sizing and shape for
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
M1 Series Windrowers
MacDon M1170 and M1240 Windrowers
n/a
Not applicable