I-shackle iyithuluzi lokuxhuma elisetshenziswa kakhulu emisebenzini yokuphakamisa. Isetshenziselwa ikakhulukazi izingxenye zokuxhuma ezivame ukufakwa futhi zisuswe ekuphakamiseni. Uma i-rigging isetshenziswa ngokuhambisana ne-beam, i-shackle ingasetshenziswa phezulu kweriging esikhundleni sendandatho yokuphakamisa kanye ne-lug plate ngaphansi kwe-beam. Ukuxhuma ukuze kube lula ukufakwa nokususwa. Amaketanga asetshenziswa kakhulu emandleni kagesi, ku-petroleum, emishinini, emandleni omoya, embonini yamakhemikhali, emachwebeni, ekwakhiweni nakwezinye izimboni, futhi abaluleke kakhulu izingxenye zokuxhuma ekukhuphuleni.
