Mubikorwa byo gukora no gupakira ibicuruzwa bitandukanye, imashini zapakira zikoreshwa mugukoresha no gutunganya inzira yo gupakira. Izi mashini zigira uruhare runini mu kwemeza ko ibicuruzwa bipfunyitse neza kandi neza kubikwa cyangwa koherezwa. Hariho ubwoko butandukanye bwimashini zipakira, zirimo imashini zuzuza, imashini zifunga, imashini zandika, imashini zipfunyika, imashini zipakurura, hamwe namashini yerekana amakarito. Imashini zuzuza zikoreshwa mu kuzuza ibikoresho ibicuruzwa byamazi cyangwa ibinyampeke, mugihe imashini zifunga zikoresha ubushyuhe cyangwa ibifunga kugirango bipfundikire ibikoresho nkibikapu, imifuka, cyangwa amakarito. Imashini zamamaza zikoresha ibirango kubicuruzwa cyangwa ibikoresho byo gupakira, mugihe imashini zipfunyika zizingira ibicuruzwa hamwe nibikoresho birinda nka firime ya plastike, impapuro, cyangwa file. Imashini ya palletizing itondekanya kandi igategura ibicuruzwa kuri pallets kugirango bibike neza kandi bitwarwe neza, mugihe imashini yikarito ikoranya igapakira ibicuruzwa mubikarito kugirango bibike cyangwa byoherezwe. Muri make, imashini zapakira sisitemu nibikoresho byingenzi mugukora no gupakira ibicuruzwa bitandukanye, bigira uruhare runini mukuzamura imikorere no kugabanya imyanda murwego rwo gutanga.
Imashini ipakira imashini nigikoresho gikoresha imashini itangiza inzira yo gupakira no kuzuza ibicuruzwa bitandukanye. Imashini irashobora gukoresha ibikoresho bitandukanye nka poro, granules, fluid, na solide. Ifite ibikoresho bya convoyeur yimura ibicuruzwa bipakirwa kuri sitasiyo yuzuye aho itangwa mubikoresho byo gupakira. Imashini ifite na sitasiyo yo gufunga aho paki ifunze kandi yanditseho. Nibikorwa byayo byihuse, imashini yongerera cyane imikorere kandi igabanya amafaranga yumurimo ugereranije nuburyo bwo gupakira intoki. Imashini zapakira sisitemu zikoreshwa cyane mu nganda nko gutunganya ibiribwa, imiti, n’ibicuruzwa by’abaguzi, aho gupakira ibicuruzwa neza kandi neza.