Ma Clamp a Makutu amakhala ndi gulu (nthawi zambirichitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri) momwe "makutu" amodzi kapena angapo kapena zinthu zotsekera zapangidwira.

Chotsekeracho chimayikidwa pamwamba pa payipi kapena chubu kuti chilumikizidwe ndipo khutu lililonse likatsekedwa pansi pa khutu ndi chida chapadera chopinira, chimasokonekera kwamuyaya, kukoka chotsekeracho, ndikupangitsa kuti chotsekeracho chikhale cholimba mozungulira payipi. Kukula kwa chotsekeracho kuyenera kusankhidwa kotero kuti khutu (makutu) limakhala lotsekedwa kwathunthu akayikidwa.

Zina mwa zinthu zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pa kalembedwe kameneka ndi izi: m'lifupi mwake muli bandeji yopapatiza, yomwe cholinga chake ndi kupereka kukanikizana kwakukulu kwa payipi kapena chubu; ndikukana kusokoneza, chifukwa cha kusintha kosatha kwa "khutu" la chogwirira. Ngati kutsekedwa kwa "khutu" la chogwirira kukuchitika motsatira malangizo a wopanga, omwe nthawi zambiri amapereka mphamvu yokhazikika ya nsagwada, kutseka sikumakhala koyenera kwambiri pakusintha kwa kulekerera kwa zigawo.

Ma clamp ena otere amakhala ndi ma dimples omwe cholinga chake ndi kupereka mphamvu ya masika pamene kukula kwa payipi kapena chubu kukuchepa kapena kukulirakulira chifukwa cha kutentha kapena mphamvu ya makina.