John Deere tractor gets DCPD hood.A one-piece, all-plastic hood on the new John Deere 6000 Series tractors is RIM molded of Metton DCPD-based olefinic thermoset A polymer-based liquid or powder that becomes solid when heated, placed under pressure, treated with a chemical or via radiation. The curing process creates a chemical bond that, unlike a thermoplastic, prevents the material from being remelted. See thermoplastic. resin from Metton Europe, Inc. in Germany, an affiliate of Metton America, Inc., La Porte La Porte (lə pôrt), city (1990 pop. 21,507), seat of La Porte co., NW Ind.; inc. 1835. It is a manufacturing center in fertile farmland on the edge of the Calumet industrial region. , Texas. The new hood is molded by Wayand GmbH of Idar-Oberstein, Germany. It replaces the four-piece injection molded PC/ABS PC/ABS Polycarbonate/Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene hood that was used on Deere's 8000 and 9000 Series tractors. A Metton official says Deere wanted to avoid the high tooling and assembly costs of the thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. hood on its new tractors. Stamped steel and SMC SMC Saint Mary's College SMC Santa Monica College SMC Solaris Management Console SMC Smooth Muscle Cell SMC Small Magellanic Cloud (also see LMC) SMC Safety Management Certificate (maritime shipping) also could not deliver a single-piece solution. Metton's impact resistance helps maintain a superior surface finish for hoods without the susceptibility to dents and star crazing like metal and SMC, respectively. Metton's heat resistance suits it to applications near the engine. Deere is now importing the painted hoods for use in its Waterloo, Iowa, tractor plant. Metton: (281) 479-8078, www.metton.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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