Imashini yo gupakira ni ubwoko bwibikoresho bikoreshwa mugukora no gupakira ibicuruzwa bitandukanye.Intego yacyo nyamukuru ni uguhindura no koroshya uburyo bwo gupakira, kwemeza ko ibicuruzwa bipakiwe neza kubika cyangwa koherezwa.Imashini zapakira sisitemu ziza muburyo butandukanye, harimo imashini zuzuza, imashini zifunga, imashini zandika, imashini zipfunyika, imashini za palletizing, hamwe nimashini yerekana amakarito.
Imashini zuzuza zagenewe kuzuza ibikoresho byamazi cyangwa ibinyampeke, mugihe imashini zifunga zikoresha ubushyuhe cyangwa ibifata 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 rusange, imashini zapakira sisitemu zigira uruhare runini mukuzamura imikorere no kugabanya imyanda mubikorwa byo gukora no gutanga amasoko mugukora neza ko ibicuruzwa bipfunyitse neza, byanditseho, kandi byiteguye gukwirakwizwa.Hifashishijwe imashini zapakira sisitemu, abayikora barashobora kuzamura umusaruro no kugabanya ibiciro mugihe ibicuruzwa byabo bigezwa kubakiriya neza.
Imashini ipakira sisitemu nigice cyibikoresho bikoreshwa mugupakira byikora no kuzuza ibicuruzwa bitandukanye.Irashobora gukoresha ibikoresho byinshi, birimo ifu, granules, amazi, hamwe na solide.Imashini mubisanzwe igizwe na sisitemu ya convoyeur itwara ibicuruzwa bigomba gupakirwa, sitasiyo yuzuzamo ibicuruzwa bipimirwa kandi bigatangwa mubikoresho bipakira, hamwe na sitasiyo ifunga aho ipaki ifunze kandi yanditseho ikimenyetso.Imashini ikora ku muvuduko mwinshi, kunoza imikorere no kugabanya ibiciro byakazi ugereranije nuburyo bwo gupakira intoki.Imashini zapakira sisitemu zisanzwe zikoreshwa mugutunganya ibiryo, imiti, nizindi nganda zisaba gupakira ibintu neza kandi neza.