Maccaferri - Road Mesh Heavy Duty Spec
Maccaferri - Road Mesh Heavy Duty Spec
ROAD MESH® L
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commonly installed at the base of bound layers, typically where the
layer’s tensile stresses are higher. The Road Mesh® absorbs and ulti-
mately reduces the peak tensile stresses caused by the presence of
reflected cracks and/or traffic.
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Steel wire mesh Figure 1
The double twisted 8x10 steel wire mesh used for Road Mesh®
production has mechanical characteristics higher than the ones sugge-
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The tolerance on
sted from EN 10223-3. the opening of
A transverse rod is woven into the mesh at approx 16 cm intervals. mesh ‘D’ being
Road Mesh® is manufactured in 25 to 50 meter long rolls, which are 2, the distance
between the axis
3 or 4 m wide. of two consecuti-
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The nominal tensile strength MD/CD of the mesh should be of 40/40 ve twists, is
kN/m (Tab. 2); test done in compliance with EN 15381, annex D. according to EN
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10223-3.
D
Wire
Transverse rod
The wire used in the production of Road Mesh® is steel wire with heavy
zinc coating. The combination mesh/wire are indicated in table 2.
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Double Twisted
Tests on wire must be performed prior to manufacturing the mesh. Wire Mesh
1. Tensile strength: the wire used for the manufacture of RoadMesh
shall have a tensile strength between 380-550 N/mm2 exceeding
the values indicated in EN 10223-3, in order to increase the tensile
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long.
3. Zinc coating: minimum quantities of zinc shown at Table 4 meet
the requirements of EN 10244-2 (Table1 and Class A).
4. Adhesion of Zinc: the adhesion of the zinc coating to the wire shall
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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 compliance with EN 10244.
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1301-CPD-0614
n° 226/001
Maccaferri reserves the right to amend product specifications without notice and specifiers are requested to
check as to the validity of the specifications they are using.
L=Length (m) H=Height (m) Road Wire Transverse Rod UTS * (kN/m)
Mesh Type diam. (mm) (mm) Long./Trasv.
25—50 2-3-4
All sizes and dimensions are nominal. 8x10 2.40 4.40 40 / 40
Tole ranc es of ± 1% of th e le ng th an d ±D of t he w idt h
* UTS = U lti mat e T ens il e Str en gth ( EN 1 53 81)
s hall be per mit te d.
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Wire Mesh Diameter ø mm 2.4 3.0 4.40
(±) ø
Wire Tolerance 0.06 0.07 0.08
mm
Minimum quantity of Zinc gr/m 2
230 255 280
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Quantity Request
When requesting a quote, please specify:
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- quantity each size,
- size of units (length x height)
Figure 4 Example: No.100 Rolls 4 m x 25 m
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