Ama-mandrels ane-inflatable wokuthulula ukhonkolo asetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe bokwakha obuvame ukusetshenziswa. Ngokuvamile isetshenziselwa ukuthulula izakhiwo ezinkulu zikakhonkolo, ezifana namabhuloho, imigudu, amaphrojekthi okonga amanzi, njll. I-mandrel e-inflatable iyisikhunta esinesakhiwo esingenalutho esinwetshwa ngokufaka umoya wegesi ukuze kwakhiwe indawo edingekayo nokuma. Ama-mandrels ane-inflatable ahlinzeka ngokusekela nokubeka lapho ethela ukhonkolo, futhi angasuswa kalula esakhiweni sikakhonkolo ngemva kokumiswa kokhonkolo, ukunciphisa ukususwa kwesikhunta nokuhlanza.
Ukusebenzisa i-inflatable mandrels ukuthulula ukhonkolo kungathuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kokwakhiwa, ukunciphisa izindleko zabasebenzi kanye nesikhathi, futhi kunciphise umthelela wemvelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-mandrel ye-inflatable nayo inganciphisa isisindo sesakhiwo sikakhonkolo futhi ithuthukise ukusebenza kokuzamazama komhlaba kwesakhiwo.
Nokho, lapho usebenzisa mandrels inflatable ukuthela ukhonkolo, ukunakwa kudingeka kukhokhwe ukubekwa uphawu nokuzinza mandrels inflatable ukuqinisekisa izinga nokuphepha ukhonkolo ethela. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kumaphrojekthi wobunjiniyela ahlukene, kuyadingeka ukukhetha izinto ezifanele ze-mandrel ne-inflatable ngokusho kwezimo ezithile ukuze kuqinisekiswe imiphumela yokwakha kanye nekhwalithi yephrojekthi.