Kwintsimi ye-metallurgy, ii-motor zombane zisetyenziselwa uluhlu olubanzi lwezixhobo kunye noomatshini ukuxhasa inkqubo yesinyithi kunye neenkqubo zokuvelisa. Iinjini zombane zidlala indima ebalulekileyo kwishishini lesinyithi njengoko ziqhuba izixhobo ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya iziko lokunyibilikisa, ii-rolling mill, izixhobo zokupholisa, kunye namabhanti okuhambisa. Ezi ziqwenga zezixhobo zifuna iintlobo ezahlukeneyo kunye nobukhulu beenjini zombane ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zabo zamandla athile.
Iinjini zombane zisetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwintsimi yesinyithi, njengale: izixhobo zokunyibilikisa (ukuqhuba ukusebenza kweziko, iindawo zokucoca, njl. njl.), izixhobo zokuqengqeleka (ukubonelela ngombane wokungqungqa, njl.njl.), ukuphatha izinto eziphathekayo, ukungena komoya kunye nokususwa kothuli. (ukuqinisekisa ukuba indawo yokusebenza yesixhobo sokungena komoya kunye nokususa uthuli ukusebenza ngokufanelekileyo), izixhobo zokumpompa (ezifana neempompo ezijikelezayo, iimpompo zefidi), iifeni zokupholisa (ukuqinisekisa ukuba ukupholisa inkqubo isebenza ngokufanelekileyo), izixhobo zokuxuba, ukuphakamisa oomatshini, izixhobo zokukhusela okusingqongileyo ( Ukuqhuba unyango lwegesi yokukhupha, ukucocwa kwamanzi amdaka kunye nezinye izixhobo).
Ezi zicelo zenza inkqubo yokuvelisa i-metallurgical isebenze ngakumbi, i-automated kunye nokugcina amandla, ukuphucula umgangatho wemveliso kunye nemveliso. Ukusebenza kunye nokuthembeka kweemoto zidlala indima ephambili ekusebenzeni kakuhle kweenkqubo ze-metallurgical.