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MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier Wire Rope Safety Barrier Product Manual MASH TL3 MASH TL4 Release 07/22 MashFlex is licensed to Ingal Civil Products by Blue Systems Inc. of Sweden www.ingalcivil.com.au...
MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier 1.0 Introduction Test Level 3 comprises two tests, the heavy vehicle impact is performed with a 2,270kg pick-up truck travelling at Introducing MashFlex, a member of the Flexfence family, 100km/h and impacting the barrier at 25°, the purpose of the next generation wire rope safety barrier (WRSB), this test is to verify the barrier’s performance for impacts providing superior motorist safety and more metres of...
MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier 3.0 Technical Data Dynamic De ection The dynamic de ection is de ned as the largest MashFlex Performance transverse de ection of a road safety barrier system Wire rope safety barriers are classi ed as exible barriers recorded during crash testing.
MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier The most common method is the run-out length Table 1: Post Footing Selection Guide method and an alternative is a method based on angle Weak Soil Standard Soil Centre of Post Footing to of departure. Rounding Point Depth Depth...
MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier 5.0 End Terminals 6.0 Installation End terminals are used to anchor the system and provide The following written instructions should be read in a soft gating impact to prevent vehicles from launching conjunction with the MashFlex drawings. or snagging upon impact with MashFlex.
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MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier Vehicles impacting the end of the terminals will normally 4. Using formwork, suspend the anchor bracket and continue behind and beyond the barrier and may reomesh, ensuring the anchor bracket levelling plate encounter non-traversable terrain or other roadside is at the same longitudinal grade as the roadway.
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MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier temporary anchor connection and run out the cable through the post slots to the far anchor and cut the rope to length. Bottom cable should be inserted into anchor bracket slot nearest the tra c.When a reel is depleted, attach the end to the next reel via a tension bay, refer section 6.9.
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MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier 9. Ensure MashFlex cap is fully pushed down on post and gure 19. and insert MashFlex Plug into hole on side of cap, the 7. Swage the end ttings to each cable and attach plug is an interference t and may require some light the tension ttings.
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MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier Table 4: Construction Tolerances Table 4: Construction Tolerances Table 5: Tension Unit Pressure Requirements Table 5: Tension Unit Pressure Requirements Description Recommended Tolerance Ambient Temperature ºC Cable Tension (Tension Unit Bar) Rope Height -10mm /+30 mm 36kN (386) Post Spacing ±...
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MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier 7.0 MashFlex Maintenance Bush Fire Damage The performance of galvanized coatings when subjected MashFlex is a low maintenance roadside safety barrier. to bush re depends on a number of factors, such as ame Except for repairs due to impacts, there is virtually no duration, intensity and the characteristics of the galvanized maintenance required for the system.
MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier 7.4 Emergency Dismantling Before commencing any cutting: Due to the dynamic nature of a tra c accident, safety • Ensure all personnel are in a safe location. barriers may inhibit access of rescue personnel to the •...
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MashFlex Wire Rope Safety Barrier MashFlex Tensioning Report And Checklist Customer: Project: Fence ID: Fence Length: Ambient Temperature: Tensioning Force: Checked By: Signed: Date End Terminals Is the anchor block dimensions in accordance with the chosen anchor block drawing Has the anchor bracket been installed with the levelling plate at the same longitudinal grade as the roadway Have check ropes been attached to the cables and anchor bracket (drawing WR-MF-55 only) Have steel cable spreaders been used in both terminal posts...
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ITS DYNAMIC DEFLECTION. NAME DATE MASHFLEX WRSB DRAWN 28-10-2019 C I V I L P R O D U C T S CHECKED 28-10-2019 valmont COMPANY 28-10-2019 APPROVED ORIGINAL ISSUE STANDARD END TERMINAL SCALE N.T.S. WR-MF-055 ISSUE FOR INFORMATION ONLY...
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NAME DATE MASHFLEX WRSB DRAWN 14-11-2019 C I V I L P R O D U C T S CHECKED 14-11-2019 valmont COMPANY APPROVED 14-11-2019 ORIGINAL ISSUE TENSION PANEL ARRANGEMENT SCALE N.T.S. WR-MF-059 ISSUE FOR INFORMATION ONLY...
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AUSTEC 02-11-2011 C I V I L P R O D U C T S 13-12-2016 NOTE ADDITIONS - SOIL CONDITIONS CHECKED 02-11-2011 17-10-2016 NOTE 4 ADDED valmont COMPANY 08-02-2013 SAFENCE NOTE ADDED APPROVED 02-11-2011 02-11-2011 TITLE BLOCK UPDATED 12-02-2010...
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AUSTEC 02-11-2011 C I V I L P R O D U C T S 05-10-2016 NOTE 9 ADDED CHECKED 02-11-2011 06-08-2016 NOTE ADDITIONS valmont COMPANY 26-10-2012 NOTE 1 UPDATED (32MPa WAS 25MPa) APPROVED 02-11-2011 02-11-2011 TITLE BLOCK UPDATED 12-02-2010...
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For more information contact us on the web www.ingalcivil.com.au Head O ce: Sydney Our Locations: 57-65 Airds Road, Minto, NSW 2566 • Adelaide/NT • Brisbane Ph: +61 2 9827 3333 • Melbourne • Newcastle Fax: +61 2 9827 3300 • Perth • Sydney • Wagga Local call (within Australia): •...
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