Makina otsatsa otsatsira amathanso kusinthidwa malinga ndi zosowa za kasitomala kuti akwaniritse kuzindikira ndi kuyang'anira nthawi yeniyeni, ndikupanga lipoti lodziwikiratu. Zambiri zolakwa zitha kutumizidwa mwachangu kubokosi la makalata lomwe mwasankha (posankha). Makina otsatsa oyima ali ngati chitsulo chokhoma, cholumikiza magawo osiyanasiyana monga mahotela, mabanki, malo ogulitsira, malo okwerera mabasi, masiteshoni apansi panthaka, nyumba zowonetsera, malo osungiramo zinthu zakale ndi malo ena onse. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri komanso amakondedwa ndi ogwiritsa ntchito.
