Mattresses, like gabions, are wire fabric containers, uniformly partitioned, of variable size, interconnected with other similar containers and filled with stone at the site of use, to form flexible, permeable, monolithic structures such as retaining walls, sea walls, channel linings, revetments and weirs for earth retention.

Mattresses are relatively small in height in relation to the lateral dimension of a gabion and are generally used for channel linings. Our gabions and mattresses are manufactured from welded wire mesh and assembled with our preformed spiral binder (3" pitch). We suggest the use of pre-formed stiffeners at each exposed face of the gabion.

II. Typical sizes of revet mattresses

Mesh type Size(m) wire diameter(mm) Selvedge wire(mm) Lacing
wire(mm) Numbers of diaphragms
metallic coated pvc coated
5×7 3×2×(0.15-0.20-0.25) 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.2 2
5×7 4×2×(0.15-0.20-0.25) 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.2 3
5×7 5×2×(0.15-0.20-0.25) 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.2 4
5×7 6×2×(0.15-0.20-0.25) 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.2 5
6×8 3×2×(0.17-0.23-0.30) 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.2 2
6×8 4×2×(0.17-0.23-0.30) 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.2 3
6×8 4×2×(0.17-0.23-0.30) 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.2 4
6×8 5×2×(0.17-0.23-0.30) 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.2 2
6×8 6×2×(0.17-0.23-0.30) 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.2 5
Tolerances:
1)the width, and height of the mattress as assembled shall not differ more than ±5% and the height shall not differ more than ±10% from the ordered size prior to filling.
2)tolerance of openings: less than ±10%.