Gabions baskets are wire containers made of hexagonal or square wire netting. Wire diameter varies with the nettings.
Zinc coated, the wire diameter ranges from 2.0mm to 4.0mm.
PVC coated hexagonal wire netting, the outside diameter ranges from 3.0mm to 4.0mm.
Advantages of Gabion mattresses:
* Permeability of the front face, ensuring drainage of backfill and no hydrostatic pressures behind the wall
* Flexibility, ensures the woven mesh gabions accommodate different settlements unlike rigid systems, for example, welded mesh cages
* Monolithic and flexible structures
* Tolerates differential settlement
* Uniform wire coating for extra durability
* Permeable structures
* One of the most economical retaining systems on the market
* Incorporation as required of vegetation throughout the structure
Applications of galvanized/plastic coated gabion mattress:
Control and guide of water or flood
Flood bank or guiding bank
Military defensive barrier
Preventing of rock breaking
Water and soil protection
Bridge protection
Strengthening structure of soil
Protection engineering of seaside area
