overview
What Is Drip Tape?
Drip tape is a thin-wall polyethylene tube — typically 5–8 mil wall thickness — with molded emitters at fixed intervals along the lay-flat body. Each emitter is a short turbulent-flow labyrinth: water enters under line pressure, slows through the channel, and exits at a rated discharge that stays consistent across a wide operating pressure range.
Installed on the soil surface or buried at shallow depth, the wetted zone stays confined to the crop row. This limits evaporation and suppresses inter-row weed germination — two outcomes no overhead or furrow system can achieve without additional management inputs.
Farmers have been switching to drip tape because it cuts labor, reduces pump load, and delivers measurably better water distribution across long field runs.
specifications at a glance
Flat Drip Tape – DRT-FLT
Wall Thickness
0.15 / 0.20 / 0.25 mm
Emitter Spacing
10 / 20 / 30 / 40 cm
Flow Rate
0.8 / 1.0 / 1.2 L/h
Operating Pressure
0.04 – 0.15 MPa
Diameter
16 mm
Roll Length
1000 / 2000 / 3000 / 5000 m