Link Woven Hexagonal Mesh Gabion

Rock filled stabilising Gabion.

Description

MANUFACTURE

Link Gabions shall be manufactured from double twist hexagonal woven wire mesh in accordance with EN 10223-3.

MESH SIZE

The mesh openings shall be hexagonal and of nominal dimension of 80mmx100mm and shall conform to EN10223-3.

MESH WIRE

The nominal mesh wire for the body of the mattress shall be 2.7 mm in diameter and of a nominal 3.4mm for the selvedge wire. The body wire, selvedge wire and lacing wire shall be in accordance with EN 10218-2 and EN 10223-3.

CORROSION PROTECTION

Zinc Galvanised to EN 10244-2 Class A (245g/M2).

JOINTING

All joints and connections shall be formed with continuous 2.2mm Zinc Galvanised lacing wire and/or high tensile 3mm diameter Zinc Galvanised “C “rings.

DIAPHRAGMS

Fixed at 1.0m c/c across the gabion width for all units equal to or greater than 2m in length

BBA APPROVAL

Link Gabions made from PVC coated hexagonal wire mesh are BBA certified for up to 120 years design life. When using wire that has not been PVC coated then the design life should be assessed from the predicted loss of the specific coating type and coating mass based on exposure conditions.

Product specification sheet

Manufacturer

Global Synthetics

Global Synthetics is a leading independent and manufacturer of Geosynthetics to the engineering, construction and building industries in the Australasia and Pacific region.