Ihinge, eyaziwa nangokuthi ihinge, iyithuluzi lomshini elisetshenziselwa ukuxhuma imizimba emibili eqinile futhi ivumele ukuzungezisa okuhlobene phakathi kwayo.Ihinge ingase yakhiwe ingxenye egudlukayo, noma ingase yakhiwe ngento egoqekayo.Amahinge afakwa ikakhulukazi eminyango nasemafasiteleni, kanti amahinge afakwe kakhulu emakhabetheni.Ngokwesigaba sezinto ezibonakalayo, ahlukaniswe ikakhulukazi amahinge ensimbi engagqwali namahinge ensimbi.Ukuze abantu bajabulele kangcono, kuye kwavela amahinge asebenza ngamanzi (abuye abizwe ngokuthi ama-damping hinges).Isici sawo ukuletha umsebenzi we-buffer lapho umnyango wekhabhinethi uvaliwe, okunciphisa umsindo obangelwa ukushayisana nomzimba wekhabhinethi lapho umnyango wekhabhinethi uvaliwe.