Makina ang'onoang'ono a sieve ndi mtundu watsopano wa makina omwe apangidwa mofulumira m'zaka 20 zapitazi. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri mu metallurgy, zipangizo zomangira, mankhwala, chakudya, migodi ndi mafakitale ena, makamaka migodi ndi mabizinesi a zitsulo.
Mu makampani opanga zitsulo, makina oyeretsera amatha kugwiritsidwa ntchito poyeretsera, monga kuyezetsa miyala ndi coke; mu makampani opanga malasha, amatha kugwiritsidwa ntchito pogawa, kutaya madzi m'thupi, kuchotsa matope, ndi zina zotero; mu zomangamanga, zipangizo zomangira, mphamvu ya madzi, mayendedwe, ndi zina zotero. Miyala imatha kusankhidwa; mu makampani opanga kuwala ndi mankhwala, zipangizo zopangira mankhwala ndi zinthu zina zimatha kufufuzidwa.