Geobrugg GBE-100A, Product Manual

Page 1: ...on height 2 3 5 m Rockfall Protection Net Product Data Sheet Federal Office for the Environment FOEN Switzerland Energy class 0 100 kJ Installation height 2 4 5 m Attending testing institute Dynamic T...

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Page 4: ...guide Staking out Assembly details ISO 9001 certificate This document does not claim to be exhaustive Before starting an installation it must be ensured that the copy of the product manual is up to da...

Page 5: ...quality manual specifies in full the way in which the individual system components basic material commercial products and end products are checked extensively to eliminate poor quality You can find t...

Page 6: ...dimensioning failure to use standard compo nents systems or original parts and corrosion caused by environmental pollution other human factors or other external influences As a contrast to the rockfa...

Page 7: ...BARRIERS 9 3 USING THE WIRE ROPE CLIPS 10 4 STAKING OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERRAIN 12 5 STAKING OUT GEOMETRY 14 6 INSTALLING THE ROPE ANCHOR 19 7 ANCHORING THE BASE PLATE 20 8 ASSEMBLY DETAILS 24...

Page 8: ...d Upslope Downslope 1 HAZARD NOTES QUALIFICATION OF THE GROUP LEADER Only a qualified group leader may be put in charge of the installation TENSIONED ROPES Ropes will be tensioned When installing and...

Page 9: ...rque wrench range 25 400 Nm see tightening torque required for wire rope clips and base plate fastening nuts Open ended wrench for base plate fastening nuts Felco C16 or C112 wire rope cutter or simil...

Page 10: ...y next to the thimble For loops without a thimble the length h between the first wire rope clip and the point of load incidence must minimally be 15 time the nominal diameter of the rope In unloaded c...

Page 11: ...110 16 5 8 3 52 104 24 90 170 Table 1 Wire ropes must be installed with the required tightening torque A visible contusion of the wire ropes positively indicates that the wire rope clips have been tig...

Page 12: ...line It is important to design the barrier line in a way that ensures it is as straight as possible and runs horizontally Ir regular lines as well as depressions and cambers in the terrain between th...

Page 13: ...n Mesh length adjustment h Height difference between two neighboring posts Post spacing 6 8 m 8 10 m 10 12 m h 0 50 m 1 00 m 1 50 m No change necessary h 0 50 m 1 00 m 1 50 m Mesh must be adapted Tabl...

Page 14: ...staking out measurements To ensure that the barrier still functions properly in these cases you may make several small adjustments to the cross section or length of nets ropes posts etc If you inform...

Page 15: ...e The view 230 on the stakeout is at a right angle to the terrain The following table applies to a terrain slope of 30 90 All measurements in m measurement tolerance 0 20 m Lengths h a c d e 2 00 3 00...

Page 16: ...m support rope section 1 a c d see Table 3 Z1 Intermediate suspension section 1 B2 Bottom support rope section 2 Z2 Intermediate suspension section 2 With simple terrain conditions and suitable tools...

Page 17: ...osts T Downslope anchoring y Angle of change in direction DOWNSLOPE ANCHORING DUE TO UPSLOPE CHANGE IN DIRECTION LARGER 15 In case of an upslope change in direction larger than 15 the forces in the do...

Page 18: ...DOWNSLOPE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 Lengths Anchor points x Distance between posts D Upslope anchor rope d see Table 3 With a change in direction towards the downslope with an angle of 30 40 an additional ups...

Page 19: ...terrain slope see table 4 For a slope inclination with 30 und 45 small adjustments may be made with respect to the stakeout such as length of the retaining ropes angle between retaining rope and post...

Page 20: ...and install securing anchor 06 by using the base plate as tem plate Length min 1 0 m Fill in the concrete foundation 111 Tighten the fastening nuts 10 to approx 30 kN pretensioning force CONCRETE Can...

Page 21: ...ll holes for the anchor 08 that are vertical to the base plate 29 in to the rock 112 Mortar in the anchor 08 the project engineer calculates the lengths of the anchors Position the base plate 29 Tight...

Page 22: ...base plate 29 Mortar the anchor 05 in the loose ground 110 Fill in the concrete foundation 111 Tighten the fastening nuts 10 to approx 30 kN pretensioning force CONCRETE Can be used for all types of s...

Page 23: ...tening nut for an anchor pretensioning force of approx 30 kN Swiss GEWI NG 20 Swiss GEWI NG 25 Swiss GEWI NG 28 Tightening torque 200 Nm 300 Nm 400 Nm You must use mortar that is resistant to both fro...

Page 24: ...falling zone of the posts for longer than necessary The utmost caution must be exercised in this area until the posts are secured against falling backward forward or to one side Install the locking sc...

Page 25: ...x bolt M20x110 57 2 pc washer M20 58 1 pc hex nut M20 66 2 pcs upslope anchor rope 67 1 pc later anchor rope 68 1 pc locking screw bar 71 1 pc top support rope 72 1 pc bottom support rope 84 5 pcs sha...

Page 26: ...x bolt M20x110 57 2 pc washer for M20 58 1 pcs hex nut M20 66 2 pcs upslope anchor rope 68 1 pc locking screw bar 71 1 pc top support rope 72 1 pc bottom support rope 84 4 pcs shackle 3 4 87 2 pcs sha...

Page 27: ...HOR ROPE ON THE LATERAL ROPE ANCHORS UPSLOPE ANCHOR ROPE ON THE MIDDLE ROPE ANCHORS 01 1 pc spiral rope anchor 66 1 pc upslope anchor rope 92 3 pcs wire rope clip 7 16 01 92 66 01 1 pc spiral rope anc...

Page 28: ...erland GBE 100A 06 LATERAL ANCHOR ROPES AND THE LOWER SUPPORT ROPE ON THE LATERAL ANCHORS 01 2 pcs spiral rope anchor 67 2 pcs lateral anchor rope 72 1 pc bottom support rope 84 1 pc shackle 3 4 95 3...

Page 29: ...eft and right of each post see next chapter The distance between the ground and the upper support rope is 30 cm greater than the structure height for the posts 302 Structure height of 2 m 1 pc Helix 2...

Page 30: ...h and support ropes For a length of 1 75 m or 0 875 m the helix 3500 x 64 4 90 is cut in half or quarters on site Flex zones for middle posts In the area of the 10 diamonds 206 the first helix 304 1 i...

Page 31: ...he second helix 304 2 is wound into the mesh and the first helix 207 Two windings of the Helix 304 1 before and after the running wheel are not wounded into the support rope The bottommost and the thi...

Page 32: ...ly The second helix 304 4 is wound into the mesh and the first helix The edge of the mesh is wound into the vertical rope with the helix 302 The topmost and the third topmost diamond or the bottommost...

Page 33: ...Page 33 41 Geobrugg Gruppe CH 8590 Romanshorn Switzerland GBE 100A 06 01 1 pc spiral rope anchor 67 1 pc downslope anchor rope 84 1 pc schackle 3 4 95 3 pcs wire rope clip 5 8 84 67 95 01...

Page 34: ...86 35 1 pc double clevis 56 1 pc hex bolt M20x110 57 2 pcs washer for M20 58 1 pc hex nut M20 309 1 pc Structural bolt M24x110 66 2 pcs upslope anchor rope 67 2 pcs intermediate suspension 68 1 pc ov...

Page 35: ...1 Geobrugg Gruppe CH 8590 Romanshorn Switzerland GBE 100A 06 UPSLOPE ANCHOR ROPES ON THE UPSLOPE ANCHORS 01 1 pc spiral rope anchor 66 2 pcs upslope anchor rope 92 3 pcs wire rope clip 7 16 per rope 9...

Page 36: ...zerland GBE 100A 06 INTERMEDIATE SUSPENSION AND BOTTOM SUPPORT ROPE AT THE SRS ANCHORS 01 2 pcs spiral rope anchor 67 2 pcs intermediate suspension 72 1 pc bottom support rope 84 1 pc shackle 3 4 94 3...

Page 37: ...tation with Geobrugg AG ROCK FACE CONNENCTION If it is not possible to use the standard staking out procedure an option for solid rock can be developed in consultation with Geobrugg AG This also invol...

Page 38: ...lled correctly c Have the correct number of loops been left free on the left and right of the posts d Is the net correctly fastened to the support ropes e Have the correct number of wire rope clips be...

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