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WHY SMCwhy SMC?
John Deere Tractor w. SMC roof

- high design flexibility and freedom
- good know-how basis from predecessor
- roof for high-end tractor
- contains many technical functions
- resistance to damage
- cost benefit

detailsDETAILS:

CONTACT:contact

SMC cab roof for all-new 6020 series tractor:

Inner frame is mass coloured (black) SMC, 17,4kg. Outer SMC skin painted in John-Deere-green. Two versions for outer: without hatchway 17,8kg or with: 14,0kg + 9,4kg hatchway.


- 150 tractors a day capacity
- just-in-time & sequency delivery
- fully equipped with lamps, wiper, speakers etc.
- ready to put on the cab
- same design used with predecessor model
- 35 to 41kg of SMC per tractor roof
- hatchway 2 versions, one with glass window

For the compound:
Menzolit-Fibron GmbH
H.-Beuttenmueller-Str. 11-13
D-75015 Bretten, Germany
konrad.wartenburg@menzolit-fibron.de



For the component:
Menzolit-Fibron GmbH
H.-Beuttenmueller-Str. 11-13
D-75015 Bretten, Germany
guenther.hanisch@menzolit-fibron.de
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 Images from the roof production process:

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production process

press & water jet

press mould and SMC part

water jet installation

moulded part after opening cutting

Hydraulic press &
water jet installation

moulded & ejected SMC part
on press mould

water jet installation,
cuts some 100 openings

close view of SMC part
w. openings, before assembly

John Deere inner roof (SMC)

John Deere inner roof (SMC)

John Deere outer roof (SMC)

John Deere outer roof (SMC)

John Deere tractor roof (SMC)

inner SMC frame
fully equipped

inner frame
sequency stacked

painted outer roof w.
hatchway (background)

outer roof ready
for shipment

John Deere 6020 series
in function

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15 november 2007

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