O lo'o fa'aogaina e le au gaosi masini masini fa'apipi'i i a latou laina gaosiga e fa'amanino ma fa'autometi ai le fa'auluina.O nei masini e taua tele i le faʻamautinoaina o oloa o loʻo faʻapipiʻiina lelei mo le teuina poʻo le utaina.O masini faʻapipiʻi e sau i ituaiga eseese, e aofia ai masini faʻatumu, masini faʻamaufaʻailoga, masini faʻailoga, masini afifi, masini faʻapipiʻi, ma masini faʻapipiʻi.O masini faʻatumu e faʻatumu atigipusa i vai poʻo mea faʻapitoa, aʻo faʻaogaina e masini faʻamaufaʻailoga le vevela poʻo le faʻapipiʻi e faʻamau ai mea faʻapipiʻi e pei o taga, taga, poʻo pusa.O masini fa'aigoa e fa'apipi'i fa'ailoga i luga o oloa po'o mea fa'apipi'i, a'o masini afifi e afifi oloa i mea e puipuia ai e pei o ata palasitika, pepa, po'o pepa.E fa'aputu ma fa'apipi'i e masini fa'apipi'i pa'u oloa i luga o fata mo le fa'aputu lelei ma felauaiga, a'o fa'apipi'i ma fa'aputu oloa i totonu o katuni mo le teuina po'o felauaiga.I le aotelega, o masini faʻapipiʻi masini o meafaigaluega taua i le gaosiga ma le faʻapipiʻiina o faʻagasologa o oloa eseese, faʻaleleia atili le lelei, ma faʻaitiitia otaota i le faʻasologa o le sapalai.
O se masini faʻapipiʻi masini o se masini faʻapipiʻi e faʻafaigofie le faagasologa o le afifiina ma le faʻatumu o oloa.E mafai ona taulimaina ituaiga eseese o meafaitino, e pei o paʻu, granules, vai, ma solids, ma e mafai ona faʻapipiʻiina e fetaui ma manaoga faʻapipiʻi faʻapitoa.O le masini e aofia ai se conveyor system e faʻanofo ai le oloa agai i le nofoaga faʻatumu lea e fuaina ma tuʻuina atu i totonu o mea faʻapipiʻi.A uma ona faʻatumu, o le afifi e agai atu i le nofoaga faʻamaufaʻailoga lea e faʻamaufaʻailogaina ai ma faʻailoga.O masini faʻapipiʻi faʻapipiʻi ua mamanuina e faʻagaioi i le saoasaoa maualuga, ma faʻateleina ai le gaosiga ma faʻaititia ai le tau o tagata faigaluega.Latou te mauaina talosaga i pisinisi eseese, e aofia ai le gaosiga o meaʻai, vailaʻau, mea teuteu, ma oloa gaosi oloa.E faʻamautinoa e le masini faʻapipiʻi saʻo ma saʻo o oloa, faʻaleleia le tulaga lelei atoa o oloa afifi.