ASAE/ASABE S553

Collapsible Emmitting Hose (Drip Tape)-Specifications and Performance Testing

Published by	Publication Date	Number of Pages
ASAE/ASABE	12/01/2000	0

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ASAE/ASABE S553 – Collapsible Emmitting Hose (Drip Tape)-Specifications and Performance Testing

1.1 This Standard specifies testing methods, performance requirements, and data to be supplied by themanufacturer for collapsible emitting hose products with discrete emission points along their lengths, commonlyreferred to as “drip tape,” and herein referred to as “collapsible emitting hose.”
1.2 This Standard applies to collapsible emitting hose intended for irrigation of which the emitters form anintegral or permanently attached part. It does not apply to tubing which is porous along its entire length.
1.3 This Standard applies to specifications and performance testing for newly manufactured collapsibleemitting hose products.
1.4 While it is recognized that resistance to emitter plugging is an important consideration in the selection andcomparison of collapsible emitting hose products, emitter plugging is not covered in this standard because arepeatable test representative of the variety of field conditions encountered in typical applications is notavailable.