1. Malinga ndi kapangidwe kake, kagawika: mphika wopindika, wopindika (wokhazikika) wokhala ndi jekete
2. Malinga ndi njira yotenthetsera, imagawidwa kukhala: poto yotenthetsera yamagetsi, mphika wokhala ndi jekete yamoto, mphika wokhala ndi jekete ya gasi, mphika wokhala ndi jekete yamagetsi yamagetsi.
3. Malingana ndi zosowa za ndondomekoyi, zida zogwiritsira ntchito kapena zosagwedezeka zimatengedwa.
4. Malinga ndi njira yosindikizira, mphika wokhala ndi jekete ukhoza kugawidwa kukhala: palibe mtundu wa chivundikiro, chivundikiro chathyathyathya, mtundu wa vacuum.
Mtundu wokhazikika umapangidwa makamaka ndi thupi la mphika ndi mapazi othandizira; Mtundu wopendekeka umapangidwa makamaka ndi thupi la mphika ndi chimango chopendekeka; Mtundu wogwedezeka umapangidwa makamaka ndi thupi la mphika ndi chipangizo chogwedeza.