Customization Process
Customization Process for Porous Ceramics：
Requirement Communication: Confirm material, pore size, porosity, dimensions, and application conditions.
Proposal & Quotation: Material selection, structure design, mold plan, lead time and pricing.
Sample Trial Production: Small‑batch trial, test report issuance, and customer sample confirmation.
Mold Manufacturing: Develop official production molds based on approved sample parameters.
Quality Control & Inspection.
Packaging & Delivery: Pack and ship as required, with after‑sales technical support.
Made of environmentally friendly and non-toxic microporous alumina ceramic, featuring safety, long service life, excellent permeability and stability.
Available in porous silicon carbide (pore size 1-10μm) and porous alumina ceramic (pore size 1-5μm).
Resistant to acid and alkali corrosion, suitable for various soil environments.
Flow rate, low pressure drop and stable performance, easy to clean, not easy to deform or break, ensuring long-term reliability.
We support personalized customization for porous ceramics including porosity, size and shape.
With mature production processes, strict quality control, on-time delivery and low minimum order quantity for small batches, we bring convenient and high-quality products to our customers.
Ceramic drip irrigation tubes are a new type of water-saving irrigation equipment developed based on microporous ceramic materials.
Relying on the adsorption guidance and natural infiltration principles of ceramics' own microporous structure, they operate without relying on water pressure, uniformly delivering water to the soil root zone merely through water potential differences, making them an innovative technology product in the field of water-saving irrigation.
Main Technical Principle: Using microporous ceramics as the core, the material's own water-absorbing properties allow water in the tube to be conducted to the tube wall surface through microporous adsorption, then infiltrate the surrounding soil.
Soil moisture content is stably maintained at about 40%, with no surface water accumulation or leakage, qualifying as pressure-free/low-pressure adaptive irrigation.
Key Application Areas:
Agricultural Planting
Fruit and vegetable cultivation, precise water supply to maintain soil moisture, preventing soil compaction and pest diseases, enhancing yield and quality.
Economic forest trees, suitable for hilly, sloping, and arid areas, aiding in water-saving greening and sand prevention and control.
Field crops, optimise root water environment, improve water use efficiency.
Horticulture and Landscape Gardening
Urban greening, park vegetation, potted flowers, home gardening, can be buried or used for cuttings, automatically and evenly seep water, avoiding waterlogging and root rot, reducing maintenance costs.
Arid/Semi-arid Area Ecological Management
In water-scarce areas of western and northern China, as well as overseas markets including Israel, Brazil, and Germany, used for desertification control, vegetation restoration, water-saving afforestation, improving water resource utilisation.
Facility Agriculture and Seedling Cultivation
Greenhouses, intelligent water and fertiliser integrated systems, combined with seedling irrigation rods, achieving precise watering of seedlings, improving survival rate, suitable for large-scale seedling bases.
Market and Application Status
Global Market: Countries such as Israel, Brazil, Japan, Germany have implemented large-scale applications. Case studies from Israeli clients show that ceramic drip irrigation pipes maintain stable performance over 5 years with no decline in water seepage rate.
Domestic Prospects: China has a large irrigated area but a low proportion of micro-irrigation, with prominent water scarcity issues. Ceramic drip irrigation technology aligns with water-saving policy directions. The water-saving irrigation market is expected to exceed 500 billion yuan in the next 5-10 years, with broad technological substitution potential.
Competitor Positioning: Compared to drip irrigation, micro-spray irrigation, and plastic seepage pipes, ceramic dripper head offer advantages such as low-pressure energy saving, non-compacting soil, and low maintenance costs, suitable for mid-to-high-end water-saving markets and high-value crop cultivation.
Microporous ceramic dripper pipes have core competitiveness in material innovation, water efficiency, durability, and anti-clogging, covering multiple scenarios including agricultural planting, horticultural greening, and ecological management, especially suitable for water-scarce areas and high-value crop cultivation.
As an upgraded solution to traditional seepage irrigation technology, its market penetration in global water-saving irrigation continues to rise, making it a key technology product for promoting agricultural water conservation and efficient ecological management.
Laying method: Using buried round-headed / straight-through infiltration pipes, buried 15-20cm deep, close to the root zone; equipped with quick tees, flow regulators, and self-closing connectors, no high-pressure pump required, relying on soil capillary action. Ceramic micropores self-guide water, achieving pressure-free adaptive irrigation.
Main parameters: Soil moisture content is stably maintained at around 40%, with no surface water accumulation or deep leakage; water distribution uniformity >95%, suitable for Israeli seasonal drought and saline irrigation conditions.
Application Effects of porous ceramic head:
Water-saving efficiency: Compared with mainstream Israeli plastic drip irrigation systems, an additional 15% water-saving is achieved, with water use efficiency increased to 98%, significantly reducing irrigation costs.
Durability and stability: The first batch of ceramic seepage irrigation pipes has been in use since 2019, operating continuously and stably for 5 years with no ageing, no damage from rodents or insects, no blocked holes, and seepage and water transport rates maintained at initial levels, with a maintenance-free period far exceeding that of plastic drip irrigation pipes (usually requiring maintenance every 6-12 months).
Soil and crop improvement: Low-pressure seepage prevents soil compaction, enhances root aeration by 30%, and reduces pest and disease incidence by 25%; sugar content and fruit uniformity in fruits and vegetables improve, with yield per mu increasing by 8%-12%.
Cost optimisation: No high-pressure power equipment is required, reducing energy consumption by 40%; compatible with existing Israeli drip irrigation networks, reducing renovation costs by 60%, and enabling rapid upgrades for existing projects.
Israel is a global benchmark country for water-saving irrigation, with drip irrigation technology covering over 90% and a water utilisation rate of 95%. The micro-porous ceramic probe provided by HIGHBORN, with core advantages such as pressure-free seepage, efficient water saving, and resistance to blockage and durability, have been widely adopted by Israeli clients, showing significant implementation results.Faced with issues such as traditional plastic drip irrigation pipes aging easily, clogging, requiring high-pressure water supply, and soil compaction, we jointly developed microporous ceramic infiltration pipes suitable for the local arid climate and sandy soil. After repeated adjustments, the pore size and porosity were customised to ensure the water seepage rate matches the water needs of crops, achieving mass supply in 2019. 
