Makinawa ndi oyenera kupota mpweya, kupota ubweya, kapena kupota utoto posakaniza ndi kusunga zinthu;imakhala ndi fani ya condenser kuti ingotenga zinthu zokha, ndipo imakhala ndi njira yoyendetsera chakudya yosalekeza, yomwe ingagwiritsidwe ntchito ndi bokosi loperekera thonje losalekeza kuti lipulumutse ntchito.Makinawa amathanso kusinthidwa mosinthika malinga ndi kukula kwa malo komanso kuchuluka kwa makina.