I-Winch iyithuluzi lokuphakamisa elilula nelincane, elibuye laziwe ngokuthi i-hoist, esebenzisa i-reel ukusonga intambo yocingo noma iketanga ukuphakamisa noma ukudonsa izinto ezinzima.Isigubhu singenye yezingxenye ezibalulekile zewintshi.
I-hoist ingahlukaniswa ngezinhlobo ezintathu eziyinhloko: i-hoist manual, i-electric hoist kanye ne-hydraulic hoist.Phakathi kwabo, i-electric hoist iningi.evamile.Zingasetshenziswa zodwa noma njengezingxenye zemishini ezisetshenziselwa ukuphakamisa, ukwakhiwa komgwaqo kanye nokuphakamisa imayini.Aziswa kakhulu ngenxa yokusebenza kwawo okulula, inani eliphezulu lokusonteka kwezintambo kanye nokuphatheka kalula.
I-hoist isetshenziselwa ikakhulukazi izinjongo zokuphakamisa noma zokudonsa phansi ekwakhiweni, kumaphrojekthi okugcina amanzi, amahlathi, izimayini kanye namadokodo.Kuyisisetshenziswa esibalulekile samashabhu, izimayini kanye nezimboni.