Aosite, kusukela 1993
Uyazi ukuthi yini ihinge? Eqinisweni, i-hinge yilokho esikubiza ngokuthi i-hinge, edlala indima yokuxhuma futhi ivame ukusetshenziselwa ukuxhuma amafasitela kanye neminyango yekhabhinethi ehlukahlukene. Kunezinto eziningi ezihinge, njengehinge lensimbi engagqwali, ihinge yethusi, ihinge ye-aluminium, njll. Izinzuzo kanye nokubi kanye namanani amahinge ezenziwe ngezinto ezahlukene zihlukile. Amahinge ensimbi engagqwali asetshenziswa kakhulu ngenxa yempilo yawo ende yokusebenza kanye nokungagqwali okuhle. Kunezinhlobo eziningi zamahinge ensimbi engagqwali, njengamahinge ensimbi engagqwali ajwayelekile, amahinge ensimbi engagqwali yamapayipi, amahinge ensimbi engenasici, njll. Izinhlobo ezahlukene zamahinge ensimbi engenasici zinemisebenzi ehlukene. Ake sikufundise indlela yokufaka amahinge ensimbi engagqwali namuhla.
Ihinge yensimbi engagqwali yakhiwe izindwani ezimbili zensimbi engagqwali ezixhunywe izikhonkwane. Idivayisi yokuxhuma noma yokuzungezisa yenza isicabha, ikhava noma ezinye izingxenye ezishwibayo zinyakaze. Ingowesistimu ene-shaft ejikelezayo. Nakuba isakhiwo silula, kunzima kakhulu ukuhlola umsebenzi. Kunezinhlobo eziningi zamahinge ensimbi engagqwali, ahlukaniswe kakhulu abe amahinge ajwayelekile, amahinge amapayipi (abuye abizwe ngokuthi amahinge asentwasahlobo), amahinge eminyango, amahinge etafula, amahinji eminyango nokunye. I-hinge yensimbi engagqwali ivame ukusetshenziswa eminyango yekhabethe, amafasitela, iminyango, njll., futhi isetshenziswa kabanzi. Ububi bayo ukuthi ayinawo umsebenzi we-spring hinge. Ngemuva kokufaka i-hinge, ama-bumpers ahlukahlukene kufanele afakwe, ngaphandle kwalokho umoya uzoshaya iphaneli yomnyango.