Ukucoca i-sling yokuphakamisa akulula njengokuyiphosa kumatshini wokuhlamba. Izilingi zokwenziwa zenziwe ngobunjineli bokuphakamisa izinto-kwaye ukucoca ngokungafanelekanga kunokubeka esichengeni amandla abo, ukuqina, kunye nobomi benkonzo.
Ukukhetha izilingi ezifanelekileyo zokuphakamisa kwindawo yakho kubandakanya okungaphezulu kokuthelekisa inani lomthamo kubunzima bomthwalo. Ukhetho lwezinto eziphathekayo lumisela ukuhambelana kweekhemikhali kunye nobushushu. Uqwalaselo luchaphazela isantya sokuncamathela kunye neepatheni zokunxiba. Ukuthotyelwa kwemigangatho kuqinisekisa ukhuseleko kunye nokuthotyelwa komthetho.
Isilingi sokuphakamisa esigcinwe simanzi sisenokubonakala singonakali, kodwa ukufuma kunokubangela ukukhula kwesifo sokungunda, ukuthotywa kwefayibha, yaye—kwimeko yezilingi zenayiloni—ukuncipha kwamandla okwexeshana ukuya kuthi ga kwi-15% xa kumanzi, kuze amandla abuyiselwe xa yomile. Okubaluleke ngakumbi, izilingi zenayiloni zinokuphulukana nokuya kuthi ga kwi-25% yamandla azo xa zimanzi ngenxa yokufunxa ukufuma. Izilingi zePolyester, ngokuchaseneyo, azichatshazelwa kancinci kukufuma kodwa zisenokubandezeleka kukungunda kunye nokubola ukuba zigcinwe zifumile. Esi sikhokelo sivavanya imingcipheko ehambelana ne-slings emanzi, ubuthathaka obuthile bezinto ezahlukeneyo zokwenziwa, kunye nokuhlolwa kunye neenkqubo zokomisa ezifunekayo ngaphambi kokubuyisela isilingi esimanzi kwinkonzo.
Isilingi esiphakamisayo sinokuphelelwa ngamandla ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba sibonakale sigugile—ngokufuthi ngaphandle kwesilumkiso. Ubushushu obugqithisileyo, imitha ye-ultraviolet (UV), kunye nokuvezwa kweekhemikhali zezona zinto zintathu zixhaphakileyo zokusingqongileyo ezonakalisa imicu yokwenziwa. Ngokutsho kweZiko laseKhanada leMpilo noKhuseleko lwaseMsebenzini (CCOHS), ukukhanya kwelanga, ukufuma, kunye namaqondo obushushu angaphezu kwama-90°C (194°F) anokonakalisa zombini izilingi zenayiloni nepolyester. I-OSHA iphinda iphawule ukuba amandla esilingi athotywa kukuvezwa kukukhanya kwelanga kunye nokukhanya kwe-ultraviolet, kwaye icebisa ukuba udibane nomenzi okanye umntu ofanelekileyo kwiimfuno ezongezelelweyo zomhlalaphantsi. Esi sikhokelo sivavanya ukuba imeko nganye yokusingqongileyo ichaphazela njani ingqibelelo yesilingi, zeziphi iimpawu ezilumkisayo ekufuneka uzijonge, kunye nendlela yokukhusela izilingi zakho zokuphakamisa ekungaphumeleli kwangaphambi kwexesha.