PU Layflat Hose — The Polyurethane Build in the Layflat Family

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The polyurethane entry in the layflat family

The company's official site lists PU layflat hose among the constructions related to its PVC layflat line, and its catalogue carries a TPU layflat build with a page of its own on this site. The PU listing is therefore a real entry in the range, not a naming variant of the PVC product — but it is an entry without a published specification table in the company's data, and everything a buyer would normally read from a table is settled in the written quotation.

A naming point worth settling in the enquiry itself: the catalogue lists both PU layflat and TPU layflat. Polyurethane is the material family; TPU — thermoplastic polyurethane — is the processable form of it used for extruded hose. Whether the PU listing and the TPU build are the same construction under two names, or two builds, is a fact only the manufacturer can state for its own range; ask the question in the enquiry and have the answer recorded in the quotation, so the goods that arrive are the goods the paperwork describes.

General material background, stated as general knowledge rather than company data: polyurethane elastomers are generally chosen where abrasion and drag wear dominate — a hose pulled across concrete, ballast or stubble — and generally carry a higher material cost than PVC for the same format. Those are tendencies of the material class, not ratings for this build; the abrasion life of a specific hose depends on its wall build and reinforcement, which are construction facts confirmed per order.

Figures: none published for this build

The layflat family's published figures are the PVC build's table, published on the PVC layflat hose page. They describe the family's anchor product; they are not transferred to the PU build here. For the PU construction, the bore range, the pressure rating at your bore, the temperature range, roll lengths, colours and the minimum order are all confirmed in the written quotation for your specification.

Duties follow the format: layflat is discharge-side hose for moving water and similar media in the family's recorded uses — irrigation, drainage and pumping. If the PU build is being considered for a dragging or high-wear route, describe the surface and the duty cycle in the enquiry — the answer that matters is whether this construction, in this wall build, is the one the factory offers for that route, and that answer belongs in the quotation.

Is PU layflat the same as TPU layflat?

The catalogue lists both names. Ask in the enquiry whether they denote one construction or two in this range, and have the answer recorded in the quotation; the TPU layflat page covers the TPU build's own position in the family.

What pressure is PU layflat rated at?

No pressure rating for the PU build is published in the company's data, and the PVC build's family range is not transferred to it. State your working pressure and bore in the enquiry and ask for the rating at your bore to be confirmed in writing.

Why consider PU over PVC layflat at all?

As general material background, polyurethane is the abrasion-leaning choice and PVC the general-purpose one; which build your duty justifies is settled against the surface, the medium and the price quoted for each — send the duty and ask for both builds to be quoted if both are candidates.