Ho na le mefuta e mengata ealipeipi tsa tšepe tse sa hloekang, ka litšebeliso tse fapaneng, litlhoko tse fapaneng tsa tekheniki, le mekhoa e fapaneng ea tlhahiso. Bophara bo ka ntle ba phala ea tšepe e hlahisoang hona joale ke 0.1-4500mm, 'me botenya ba lerako ke 0.01-250mm.
Pipe ea tšepe e sa hloekang ke lisebelisoa tsa tšepe tse pota-potileng tse se nang letho, tse sebelisoang haholo ho petroleum, lik'hemik'hale, bongaka, lijo, indasteri e khanyang, lisebelisoa tsa mechine le liphaephe tse ling tsa indasteri le likarolo tsa mekhoa ea mechine. Ho phaella moo, ha ho kobeha le matla a torsional a tšoana, boima ba 'mele bo bobebe, kahoo bo boetse bo sebelisoa haholo ha ho etsoa likarolo tsa mechine le mehaho ea boenjiniere. E boetse e sebelisoa hangata joalo ka thepa ea ka tlung le lisebelisoa tsa kichineng.
Thepa ea tšepe e sa hloekang: khanyetso ea holim'a metsi e ka tlase ho 1000M; apara tšireletso; otlollang; khanyetso e babatsehang ea lik'hemik'hale; tšepe e ntle ea alkali le ho hanyetsa acid; boima bo matla; e thibelang lelakabe.