RUVOLUM® Workshop | Armin Roduner

TECCO® SYSTEM3
AGENDA

TECCO® SYTEM3

1. HARD, FLEXIBLE AND SOFT

FACING
2. THE TECCO® SYSTEM
3. BEARING RESISTANCES
4. INSTALLATION
5. DRAPES
6. GREENING

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HARD, FLEXIBLE AND SOFT FACING

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TYPES OF FACING

Types according to European Norm EN 14490:2010

Hard facing

Flexible facing

Soft facing

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HARD FACING: SHOTCRETE

Mexico

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HARD FACING: SHOTCRETE

Mexico

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HARD FACING: SHOTCRETE

Greece

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HARD FACING: SHOTCRETE

Switzerland

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HARD FACING: SHOTCRETE

Hong Kong

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HARD FACING: SHOTCRETE

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HARD FACING: OBTRUSIVE
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
Ecuador

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HARD FACING: CONCRETE
CONSTRUCTION
Japan

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HARD FACING: CONCRETE
CONSTRUCTION
Taiwan

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COLLAPSE CONCRETE FRAME /
GRILLAGE
After earthquake in Japan: Buckling problem

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EARTHQUAKE

Effects onto slope stabilization systems from earthquake

(Both pictures taken in Fukushima, Japan, 2011):

heavy elements low weight elements

high stiffness flexible
 Higher risk of failure  Lower risk of failure

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TYPES OF FACING

Types according to European Norm EN 14490:2010

Hard facing

Flexible facing

Soft facing

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SOFT FACING: GEOTEXTILES

Poland

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GEOTEXTILES AS NOT
ADEQUATE SOLUTION
with no static function
no noteworthy force transmission possible

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TYPES OF FACING

Types according to European Norm EN 14490:2010

Hard facing

Flexible facing

Soft facing

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OLD SYSTEMS USING WIRE
ROPE NET
Grabs, Switzerland

time consuming regarding installation

nail pattern fixed due the panel size
with a static function

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OLD SYSTEMS USING WIRE
ROPE NET

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OLD SYSTEMS USING WIRE
ROPE NET
Grabs, Switzerland

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FLEXIBLE FACING:
THE NEW TECCO® SYSTEM3
Anzenwil, Switzerland

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FLEXIBLE FACING:
THE NEW TECCO® SYSTEM3

Installation 2001

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FLEXIBLE FACING:
THE NEW TECCO® SYSTEM3
Anzenwil, Switzerland, after the installation 2001

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FLEXIBLE FACING:
THE NEW TECCO® SYSTEM3
Anzenwil, Switzerland, November 2016 (after 15 years)

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TECCO® SYSTEM3 IN
COMPARISON WITH SHOTCRETE
USA, parking place behind a Wall Mart

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FLEXIBLE AND GREEN V. HARD
AND NOT GREEN
Hard facing Flexible facing

with high carbon-footprint on a railway line with low carbon-footprint on a railway line in
in Scotland – not green & not so Scotland – green & more sustainable
sustainable

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CO2 - FOOTPRINT

Determination of the climate relevant emissions – the so called “CO2 –

Footprint”

Influence on the
greenhouse effect
4:1

Basic principle: Life Cycle Assessment

Analyses of the overall impact to the environment of a structure from the production of
the raw materials to the disposal of the structure.

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THE TECCO® SYSTEM3

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TECCO® SYSTEM3

3 components

1. High tensile steel wire meshes

TECCO® G45/2
TECCO® G65/3 + special clips T3
TECCO® G65/4

2. TECCO® system spike plates

P25
P33
P66

3. Commercially available nails

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TECCO® SYSTEM3
3 types of mesh 3 types of spike plates 1 compatible
connection clip
TECCO® G45/2
TECCO® G65/3
TECCO® G65/4
+ P25/34
P33/40 + P33/50
P66/50
+ T3

2
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
TECCO® SYSTEM3

cost effective solution

natural appearance
flexible nail pattern
system easily adaptable
green solution
different meshes

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
TECCO® SYSTEM3

active system
with a static function
using high-tensile steel wire
meshes
high bearing capacities
can be pretensioned against
subsoil
can be dimensioned

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TECCO® G65/3

Technical Data

Diameter steel wire: 3 mm Mesh width: 65 mm

Tensile strength wire: > 1‘770 N/mm2 → 12.5 kN Corrosion protection: GEOB. SUPERCOATING®
5% Al + 95% Zn
Roll dimension: 3.9 m x 30 m / 117 m2
Coating thickness: > 150 g/m2
Weight: 1.65 kg/m / 193 kg/roll
2

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TECCO® G65/4

Technical Data

Diameter steel wire: 4 mm Mesh width: 63 mm

Tensile strength wire: > 1‘770 N/mm2 → 22 kN Corrosion protection: GEOB. SUPERCOATING®
5% Al + 95% Zn
Roll dimension: 3.5 m x 20 m / 70 m2
Coating thickness: > 150 g/m2
Weight: 3.3 kg/m / 231 kg/roll
2

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TECCO® G45/2

Technical Data
[m 5
ø6

]
m

[m 4 5
]
m
ø

Diameter steel wire: 2 mm Mesh width: 45 mm

Tensile strength wire: > 1‘770 N/mm2 → 5.5 kN Corrosion protection: GEOB. SUPERCOATING®
5% Al + 95% Zn
Roll dimension: 3.9 m x 30 m / 117 m2
Coating thickness: > 115 g/m2
Weight: 1.15 kg/m / 135 kg/roll
2

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SPIDER® S3/130

Technical Data

Diameter steel wire: 3 mm Mesh width: 143 mm

Spiral diameter 1 x 3: 6.5 mm Corrosion protection: GEOB. SUPERCOATING®, 5%
Al + 95% Zn
Tensile strength wire: > 1‘770 N/mm2 → 12.5 kN
Coating thickness: > 150 g/m2
Roll dimension: 3.5 m x 20 m / 70 m 2

Weight: 2.6 kg/m2 / 182 kg/roll TECCO®

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QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Production quality assurance

TECCO® SYSTEM3 is the first system certified acc. to EAD document describing
whole system parameters!

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TECCO® SYSTEM3 SPIKE PLATES

Spike plate P33/40 N and Spike plate P66/50 N:

P33/50 N:
33 cm width / 7 mm thick 66 cm width / 7 mm thick
2.2 kg (before 2.8 kg) 6.7 kg
Hole diameter 40 mm resp. Hole diameter 50 mm
50 mm CE-marking
CE-marking

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TECCO® SYSTEM3 SPIKE PLATES

New 5 mm thick spike plate P25/34 N for TECCO® G45/2:

25 cm width / 5 mm thick
0.9 kg
Hole diameter 34 mm
CE-marking

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DOCUMENTATIONS, HANDOUTS

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DOCUMENTATIONS, HANDOUTS

System drawings Technical data sheets Project checklist

Click icon to add picture

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BEARING RESISTANCES: TECCO®
SYSTEM IS TESTED AND OPTIMIZED
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TECCO® SYSTEM IS TESTED
AND OPTIMIZED
All components are tested

• the system itself is tested

• optimization in many tests
• test reports from independent test institutes available

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RESISTANCE TO SHEARING-OFF
AT THE UPPER PART OF THE
SPIKE PLATE (FORCE P)
… as a base for RUVOLUM® 2P
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RESISTANCE TO SLOPE-PARALLEL
FORCE TRANSMISSION (FORCE Z)
… as a base for RUVOLUM®

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BENDING RESISTANCE OF THE
SPIKE PLATE
It is very decisive that the bending resistance of the system spike
plate and is high enough in accordance with the TECCO® wire mesh!!
Click icon to add picture Click icon to add picture

Too soft Stiff enough

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BENDING AND PUNCTURING
TESTS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF
THE SPIKE PLATE

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MODEL TESTS FOR LOAD
TRANSFER
Bearing resistances for the meshes:
…as a base for RUVOLUM®
Bearing resistances for the TECCO® TECCO® TECCO® SPIDER®
meshes G45/2 G65/3 G65/4 S3-130
Spike plate P25 / P33 P33 / P66 P33 / P66 P33 / P66
Shearing-off at the upper part
of the spike plate 40 / 55 90 / 120 140 / 185 115 / 150
PR [kN]
Shearing-off of the mesh all
around the spike plate 80 / 110 180 / 240 280 / 370 230 / 300
2 x PR = DR [kN]
Slope parallel force
transmission 10 / 10 30 / 45 50 / 75 45 / 70
ZR [kN]

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TENSILE STRENGTH TESTS

Tensile strength tests for quality control, not for dimensioning:

Click icon to add picture

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FACINGS CAN WITHSTAND THE
OCCURRING STRESSES

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LOCAL OVERSTRESSING DUE
TO PUNCTURING

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COMPARISON
TECCO® VS STEELGRID

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COMPARISON OF BEARING
LOAD CAPACITIES
Click
TECCO G65 / 3 mm and icon wire
Hexagonal to add
meshpicture
80 x 100 / 3.0 with wire rope 8 mm
Tensile tests in longitudinal direction

200

180 TECCO: Test 1

TECCO: Test 2
160
Hex: Test 1
140
Hex: Test 2
Tensile force [kN]

120 Hex: Test 3

100

80

60

40

20

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260
Deformation [mm]

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COMPARISON TESTS UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF LGA

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INSTALLATION OF THE SYSTEM

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NAIL ROWS

It is important to offset the nail rows by half a horizontal nail

distance to each other!

a = nail distance horizontal TO AVOID: Nail rows not staggered!!

b = nail distance in line of slope

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TYPE “CHESS BOARD”
(OLD TYPE)
This arrangement of nails originates from the old type of facing. For example
individual square wire rope panels of 3.4 x 3.4 m have to be fixed in this way.

To avoid…

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SPIKE PLATE INSTALLED
HORIZONTALLY

16 wires 8 wires

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TO OPTIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE
OF THE SYSTEM
Set the nails in deeper locations
Install the mesh or net cover tensioned as much as possible

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SETTING THE NAILS IN DEEPER
LOCATIONS (IN SOIL)
In cut soil slopes, it is recommended to dig depressions around the nail head to
tension the steel wire mesh against the surface in a best possible manner.

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CONNECTION OF MESH PANELS
WITH T3 CLIPS
TECCO® G45/2 and G65/3: 1 clip per diamond opening

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CONNECTION OF MESH PANELS
WITH T3 CLIPS
TECCO® G65/4: 2 clips per diamond opening

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BOUNDARY ROPES
(10 OR 12 MM)

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TECHNICAL LEAFLETS FOR THE
INSTALLATION
(IN THE PRODUCT MANUAL)

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SPECIAL DRILLING DEVICES

• More and more experiences

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RANGE OF APPLICATIONS

Regular requirements, good quality

Regular slope inclinations
Regular puncturing resistance sufficient  TECCO® G45/2
Regular applications for soil / weathered rock
slopes

Standard up to higher requirements

Steeper slopes to be stabilized
Higher puncturing resistance required
 TECCO® G65/3
Special applications for soil and rock slopes

High to very high requirements

Very steep slopes to be stabilized
 TECCO® G65/4
High puncturing resistance required
High resistance against shearing off required
 SPIDER® S3-130

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MAXIMUM NAIL PATTERN (MESH
ONLY, WITHOUT PROOF FOR
NAIL)

Limitation P66 Slope inclination a

Nail pattern a = b [m]

Limitation P33

a = 70°, j’k = 35°

 a = b ≤ 2.60 m

Friction angle jk [degrees]

In case if the global stability is not critical. Otherwise, the nail

pattern needs to be adapted correspondingly! TECCO®
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MAXIMUM NAIL PATTERN (MESH
ONLY, WITHOUT PROOF FOR NAIL)

Slope inclination a
Nail pattern a = b [m]

Friction angle jk [degrees]

In case if the global stability is not critical. Otherwise, the nail

pattern needs to be adapted correspondingly! TECCO®
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MAXIMUM NAIL PATTERN (MESH
ONLY, WITHOUT PROOF FOR NAIL)
Nail pattern a = b [m]

Slope inclination a

Friction angle jk [degrees]

In case if the global stability is not critical. Otherwise, the nail

pattern needs to be adapted correspondingly! TECCO®
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COST AND INSTALLATION TIME
OPTIMIZATION: ECONOMICAL SOLUTION
Total cost of a project

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TECCO® / SPIDER® ROCKFALL DRAPE

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TECCO® / SPIDER® ROCKFALL
DRAPE
Controlling rockfall by covering slopes

• Like a „curtain“ system

= passive System
• Meshes rolled down over the
slope
• Meshes fixed at the top with
wire ropes and rope anchors
• For controlled rockfall events

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TECCO® / SPIDER® ROCKFALL
DRAPE

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TECCO® / SPIDER® ROCKFALL
DRAPE

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TECCO® / SPIDER® ROCKFALL
DRAPE

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TECCO® / SPIDER® ROCKFALL
DRAPE

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06
GREENING

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FIRST REVEGETATION TEST IN
GUTTET (CH)
Installation June 2001

Slope angle 40 … 50 degrees

Exposition south
Erosion control mat 3D and 2D
Greening Dry seeding

I II III

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FIRST REVEGETATION TEST IN
GUTTET (CH)
Dry seeding

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FIRST REVEGETATION TEST IN
GUTTET (CH)
After a couple of months …

I II III

I The seeds were „burned“

II Best results in the middle part with an open, 3-dimensional mat
III Erosion problems, mat too flat TECCO®
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SECOND REVEGETATION TEST
IN BISCHOFSZELL (CH)
Test area = 120 m2 with wet and dry seeding

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SECOND REVEGETATION TEST
IN BISCHOFSZELL (CH)
Wooden 1x1 m frame for through-spray tests

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 CONCLUSION:

THE STRUCTURE OF AN EROSION

CONTROL MAT HAS TO BE
OPEN ENOUGH TO SPRAY THROUGH
AND 3-DIMENSIONAL.

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TECMAT®

Technical Data Sheet

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NEW: TECCO® GREEN G65/3

To make erosion control even better and easier.

TECCO® Slope
Stabilization
System

TECMAT
Erosion Hydro Seeding
Control

Erosion control mat and high tensile steel mesh combined in one product. Fast
installation, optimized logistics and perfect protection.

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TUNNEL MORRO AGUDO,
BRAZIL

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TUNNEL MORRO AGUDO,
BRAZIL

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SECOND REVEGETATION TEST
IN BISCHOFSZELL (CH)
Best retaining and greening of the seed with TECMAT®

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C M
T E
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o
ti h ®
® w AT
C O C M
EC T E
T i th
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C CO
TE

Bischofszell: after a „heavy“ rain with up to 40 liter/hour

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A SUCCESSFUL GREENING
DEPENDS ON …

seeds
seeding method
date of seeding
water emission at the slope
water absorption capacity of
the soil
ground and soil conditions
local climate and weather
conditions

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3 ELEMENTS WHICH NEED TO
BE ADAPTED TO EACH OTHER

TECCO® Slope
Stabilization
System

TECMAT
Erosion Hydro Seeding
Control

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AFTER INSTALLATION
FEBRUARY 2012…

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… AND IN AUGUST 2012

Flexible slope stabilisation measures offer possibilities

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