Machine and method for manufacturing a reinforced net and reinforced net

A machine for manufacturing a reinforced net that has hexagonal meshes comprising a plurality of permanently deformable wires and at least one reinforcing element, the machine comprising a mechanism for the reciprocal coiling of first wires and second wires in twos, which mechanism is provided with passages for the reinforcing elements, and a feed system for:

• the first wires, fed in from a plurality of containers that are mounted on board the machine and provided internally with a predetermined length of said first wires,
• part of the second wires, fed in alternately with the first wires so as to be interwoven therewith in twos in the coiling mechanism, and
• the reinforcing elements, fed into the machine, wherein, for each reinforcing element, a reel is provided for feeding one of the remaining said second wires, the reel being rotatable around the reinforcing element.

A multiple-twist net that has hexagonal meshes comprising a plurality of wires and at least one reinforcing element, the wires being coiled together in twos in primary twisted portions, wherein the two wires are coiled together in the same twist direction, and secondary twisted portions, wherein the wires are coiled together and around the reinforcing element, wherein said reinforcing element has a greater strength than the strength of the wires and has a strength greater than approximately 500 kg/mm2.