Nakuba zingabonakali njengengxenye ebalulekile yokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo sangaphakathi noma amasistimu okufaka amapayipi amanzi, ama-clamp asebenza umsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu wokubamba imigqa endaweni, ukuwamisa okwesikhashana, noma ukugcina amapayipi ephephile. Ngaphandle kwama-clamps, amapayipi amaningi ekugcineni angaphuka okuholela ekuhlulekeni okuyinhlekelele kanye nomonakalo omkhulu endaweni eseduze.

Ukusebenza njengendlela ebalulekile yokulungisa noma ukusimamisa amapayipi azo zonke izinhlobo, izinsimbi zamapayipi ziye zathuthuka phakathi neminyaka kusukela ekusetshenzisweni okulula kwentambo noma amaketanga ezingxenyeni ezikhiqizwayo ezingasetshenziswa ezimweni nezimo ezihlukahlukene. Ngokuyisisekelo, izinsimbi zamapayipi zenzelwe ukugcina ipayipi noma ingxenye yamapayipi endaweni, kungaba endaweni ethile noma elenga emoyeni.

Izikhathi eziningi amapayipi namapayipi ahlobene kufanele adlule emigodini,uphahlaizindawo, izindlela zokuhamba ezingaphansi, nokunye okufanayo. Ukuze kuvinjwe imigqa lapho abantu noma izinto bezizogudluzwa khona kodwa ukuze baqhubeke nokufaka amapayipi endaweni kufanele basizwe phezulu ezindongeni noma balengiswa ophahleni.

Lokhu kwenziwa ngokuhlanganiswa kwezinduku ezinamathiselwe ophahleni ngakolunye uhlangothi kanye nezinsimbi ngakolunye. Uma kungenjalo, amapayipi avikelwe ngezinsimbi ezindongeni ukuze agcinwe esendaweni ephakeme. Kodwa-ke, akukho noma iyiphi i-clamp elula ezosebenza. Eminye kufanele ikwazi ukumelana nezinga lokushisa. Yonke i-clamp idinga ukuvikeleka ukugwema ukunyakaziswa epayipini. Futhi badinga ukukwazi ukubhekana nezinguquko zokunwetshwa kwensimbi yamapayipi engenza ububanzi bukhulu noma bube buncane ngokubanda noma ukushisa.

Ubulula be-clamp yepayipi bufihla ukuthi ubaluleke kangakanani umsebenzi osebenzayo. Ngokugcina umugqa wamapayipi usendaweni, izinto zokusebenza zisiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uketshezi noma amagesi ahamba ngaphakathi ahlala lapho ehlala khona futhi afike lapho aya khona. Uma ipayipi belingaphuma, uketshezi olungaphakathi lwaluyochitheka ngokushesha endaweni eseduze noma amagesi angcolise umoya ngendlela efanayo. Ngamagesi aguquguqukayo, kungase kubangele ngisho nomlilo noma ukuqhuma. Ngakho ama-clamps afeza injongo ebalulekile, akukho mpikiswano.