Makutu a Clamp amakhala ndi gulu (nthawi zambirichitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri) momwe “khutu” limodzi kapena zingapo kapena zotsekera zinapangidwira.

Chophimbacho chimayikidwa kumapeto kwa payipi kapena chubu kuti chilumikizidwe ndipo pamene khutu lililonse latsekedwa m'munsi mwa khutu ndi chida chapadera cha pincer, chimawonongeka kosatha, kukoka gululo, ndikupangitsa kuti gululo likhale lolimba kuzungulira payipi. Kukula kwa clamp kuyenera kusankhidwa kotero kuti makutu atsala pang'ono kutsekedwa pakuyika.

Zina za kalembedwe ka clamp ndi izi: yopapatiza bandi m'lifupi, pofuna kupereka anaikira psinjika wa payipi kapena chubu; nditamper resistance, chifukwa cha kusinthika kosatha kwa "khutu" la clamp. Ngati kutseka kwa "makutu" kwa chitsekerero kumachitidwa motsatira malingaliro a wopanga, omwe nthawi zambiri amapereka mphamvu ya nsagwada nthawi zonse, kusindikiza sikumakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kusinthasintha kwa zigawo.

Ena oterowo clamps amakhala dimples cholinga kupereka kasupe zotsatira pamene awiri a payipi kapena chubu mgwirizano kapena expands chifukwa matenthedwe kapena makina zotsatira.