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Accessories for Gabion Assembly & Reinforcing

Beside various types of bastion barriers and gabion baskets, our company also offers a wide range of accessoriesincluding spiral joints, hog rings, U clips and stiffeners. As connectors, these accessories play an important role in assembling a gabion basket and fastening gabion units together. Here are simple introduction about these accessories.

Spiral joints
Spiral joints are considered the commonest yet strongest connectors for assembling welded gabion baskets. They are easy to use as well as no sharp edges are left to avoid people getting scratched.

• Material: quality steel wire or stainless steel wire.
• Wire diameter: 2.2mm, 3.0mm, 3.8mm, 4.0mm, 4.5mm.
• Pitch: 20mm, 25mm, 50mm, 75mm, 100mm.
• Spiral inner diameter: 15mm, 20mm, 25mm or custom others.
• Length: 300mm, 500mm, 1000mm or any custom length.
• Anti-rust treatment: galvanized, zinc-aluminum plated or PVC coated.

Hog rings 
Hog rings, also known as C rings, are the second choice after spiral joints. They are cost saving and easy to assemble using pneumatic C ringer. But it is not recommended to using hog rings to fasten edges as spiral joints do.

• Material: high quality steel complying with AISI304 or stainless steel wire.
• Tensile strength: 1700 N/mm2 to 2000N/mm2.
• Wire diameter: 3mm.
• Length: 45mm.
• Anti-rust treatment: galvanized or zinc - 5% aluminum metallic plated.
• Package: Hog rings are packaged in boxes.

U clips 
U clips, made of stainless steel, are ideal for connecting gabion panels to make a decorative cage. They can be easily fastened using needle nosed pliers. It is recommend to use U clips every 150mm to 200mm around the cage.

• Material: high quality stainless steel.
• Width: 8.5mm.
• Length: 18.5mm.
• Height: 17.5mm.
• Strip: each strip contains 25 clips.

Gabion stiffeners 
Gabion stiffeners, also known as gabion spacer, are designed to be placed in every corner to reinforce gabion cages. They can be supplied in singles or packed in boxes.

• Material: quality steel.
• Wire diameter: 4mm.
• Length: any length is available.
• Anti-rust treatment: Zinc - 5% aluminum plated.