TECHNICAL DATA SHEET

Rev. 08, Date 08.11.2010

SACK GABIONS
GALMAC COATED

Sack gabions are cylindrical baskets made of 8x10 double D

twisted steel woven wire mesh, are produced in compliance
with the Directive 89/106/EEC, have EC mark in compliance
with ETA-09/0414 and are provided with Product Certification.
Sack gabions are filled with stones at the project site to form
flexible and permeable structures used in river trainings and
various emergency works. Sack gabions are supplied with steel
reinforcing wires inserted during the manufacturing process to
facilitate closing during installation.
In order to reinforce the structure, all mesh panel edges are
selvedged with a wire having a greater diameter (Tables 3, 4). L

RR T
Dimensions and sizes of Galmac coated sack gabions are
shown in Table 1.

FE GH
Steel wire mesh
The double twisted steel wire mesh used in the production Sack
L = Length
gabions has mechanical characteristics higher than the ones
suggested from EN 10223-3. D = Diameter

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The nominal tensile strength of the mesh should be 50kN/m Figure 1
(Tab. 2); test done in compliance with EN 15381, Annex D.

Wire
The steel wire used in the manufacture of the gabion is heavily
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galvanized with Galmac, a Zn-5%Al alloy. The standard
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specifications of mesh-wire are shown in Table 2.
All tests on wire must be performed prior to manufacturing the The tolerance on the
mesh. opening of mesh ‘D’ being D
1. Tensile strength: the wire used for the manufacture of the distance between the
axis of two consecutive
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rockfall protection shall have a tensile strength between
380-550 N/mm2 exceeding, in order to increase the tensile twists, is according to EN
resistance of the finished products, what is suggested from
EN10223-3. Wire tolerances (Table 4) are in accordance
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with EN10218 (Class T1).

2. Elongation: Elongation shall not be less than 10%, accor-
ding to EN10223-3. Test must be carried out on a sample at
Figure 2
least 25 cm long.
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3. Galmac coating: minimum quantities of galmac shown at

Table 4 meet the requirements of EN10244-2 (Table 2 -
Class A).
4. Adhesion of galmac: the adhesion of the galmac coating
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to the wire shall be such that, when the wire is wrapped six
turns around a mandrel having four times the diameter of
the wire, it does not flake or crack when rubbing it with the
bare fingers, in accordance with En 10244.
5. Outwearing accelerated aging test in a general condensa-
tion of moisture containing sulfur dioxide (28 cycles) accor-
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ding to EN ISO 6988 (without showing signs of red rust).

Example of Sack gabion

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1301-CPD-0615
n° 226/001
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check as to the validity of the specifications they are using.

1. Table of sizes for sack gabions 2. Standard Mesh-Wire

Wire Diameter Mesh Tensile
L=Length (m) D=Diameter (m) Volume (m3) Type D (mm) Tolerance
(mm) Strength (kN/m)

2 0.95 1.41 8x10 80 +16% / -4% 3.00 50

All sizes and dimensions are nominal. Tolerances : ± 5% for length
and diameter.
3. Standard wire diameters
Mesh Selvedge Lacing
Wire Wire Wire
Quantity Request
When requesting a quote, please specify: 8x10 Type of Mesh ø mm 3.0 3.9 2.2
• size of units (length x diameter, see Fig.1),
• type of mesh,

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• type of coating 4. Table of wire tolerances and coating
EXAMPLE: No. 100 sack gabions 2x0.65 m - Mesh type Wire diameter mm 2.20 3.00 3.90
8x10 - Wire diam. 2.7 mm lacing wire - galmac coated

FE GH
Wire tolerance (±) ø mm 0.06 0.07 0.07
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Min. Q.ty Galmac gr/m 230 255 275

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Lacing Wire Structure built on sack gabions

2m

1m
GABION STRUCTURE
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BACKFILL

MEAN WATER LEVEL

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GEOTEXTILE
PLATFORM OF
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CYLINDRICAL GABIONS
3m

Figure 3 Figure 4
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Filling
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D
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Figure 5 Figure 6

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