Intambo yocingo, imveliso yemizi-mveliso eyenziwe ngemisonto emininzi ephezulu{0}}yentsimbi yokuqina, inokubonakala ilula, kodwa ithwele amandla abalulekileyo agcina uluntu lwangoku luqhuba. Ukusuka -kwimigodi yobude ukuya kwizakhiwo eziphakamileyo, ukusuka -kuebhulorho zolwandle ukuya kwisixhobo se-aerospace, intambo yocingo, eneempawu zayo ezizodwa, ibe ngumqolo ongabonakaliyo oxhasa inkqubela-phambili yabantu kwezobuchwephesha.
Ixabiso layo libonakaliswa ngokukodwa kwiimpawu zayo ezikhethekileyo zomatshini. Ngokuqulunqwa kwesinyithi esichanekileyo kunye neendlela zokujija, intambo yocingo idibanisa amandla aphezulu kakhulu kunye nokuguquguquka. Umtya omnye unokumelana namashumi eetoni zoxinzelelo ngelixa uziqhelanisa nokugoba kunye ne-torsion phantsi kwemithwalo enzima. Ezi mpawu ziyenza ibe licandelo eliphambili ekuphakamiseni oomatshini, iisistim zeelevator, kunye nothutho lwentambo. Ngaphezulu kwe 80% yemisebenzi yokuphakamisa ubunzima kwihlabathi jikelele ixhomekeke kwintambo yocingo rhoqo ngonyaka, kwaye ukusebenza ngokukhuselekileyo kwezikheshi kuzo zonke izakhiwo{5}}eziphakamileyo{6}}eziphakamileyo kuxhomekeke kuyo.
Ixabiso elinzulu ngakumbi likukuzinikela kwayo ekuqinisekiseni ukhuseleko. Kwiinkqubo zokuhombisa umgodi, ukuqhawuka kwentambo kungakhokelela kubomi{1}}okanye{2}}kubunzima bokufa ngaphakathi kumakhulu{3}}emitha{4}}eshaft ubude; kwiintambo zokuhlala kwibhulorho, kwanomonakalo omncinci wokudinwa unokubangela ukuwa. Ukwenziwa kweentambo zala maxesha kusebenzisa izinto ezintsha ezifana nokugalelwa kwentsimbi kukhuseleko lomhlwa, uyilo lwemisonto emininzi{6}}, kunye{7}}nobuchwephesha bokuhlola ixesha lokwenyani ukwandisa ubomi benkonzo obuyi-avareji ukuya ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kathathu kuneemveliso zemveli. Uvavanyo olungonakalisi{9} lukwavumela umngcipheko kwangethuba. Njengoyena mvelisi wentambo omkhulu wehlabathi, iChina ephezulu{11}}imveliso isetyenzisiwe kwiiprojekthi ezinkulu ezifana neJiaolong ephantsi kwamanzi kunye neHong Kong{12}}Zhuhai{13}}Ibhulorho yeMacao.
Ukusuka kwiicranes zomphunga ngexesha le-Industrial Revolution ukuya kwizixhobo ezikrelekrele zanamhlanje, intambo yocingo ibisoloko ingumlinganiselo obalulekileyo wenkqubela yelizwe kwinzululwazi yemathiriyeli kunye nokuveliswa. Esi sakhiwo sesinyithi, esingaphantsi kwesentimitha ububanzi, sibonisa ngokuzimisela kwaso ubuchule boluntu bokukwazi ukwaphula imida yefiziksi kwaye buthe cwaka bugcina ucwangco lwempucuko yanamhlanje.
