I-spline shaft ihlukaniswe izinhlobo ezimbili:
1) umgodi we-spline ongunxande
2) umgodi we-spline ongasebenzi.
I-spline shaft engunxande ku-spline shaft isetshenziswa kabanzi, kuyilapho i-involute spline shaft isetshenziselwa imithwalo emikhulu futhi idinga ukunemba okuphezulu kokuma phakathi nendawo kanye nokuxhumeka okukhulu. I-spline shaft engunxande ivame ukusetshenziswa ezindizeni, ezimotweni, kuma-tractor, ekukhiqizweni kwamathuluzi omshini, emishinini yezolimo kanye namadivayisi okudlulisa imishini ajwayelekile. Ngenxa yokusebenza kwamazinyo amaningi kwe-spline shaft engunxande, inomthamo wokuthwala ophezulu, ukungathathi hlangothi okuhle kanye nesiqondiso esihle, futhi impande yayo yamazinyo angajulile ingenza ukugxilisa kwayo ukucindezeleka kube kuncane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amandla e-shaft kanye ne-hub ye-spline shaft ancishisiwe, ukucubungula kulula kakhulu, futhi ukunemba okuphezulu kungatholakala ngokugaya.
Amashafu e-spline e-Involute asetshenziselwa ukuxhumana okunemithwalo ephezulu, ukunemba okuphezulu kokuma phakathi, kanye nobukhulu obukhulu. Izici zayo: iphrofayili yamazinyo iyi-involute, futhi kukhona amandla e-radial ezinyweni lapho ilayishwa, okungadlala indima yokubeka phakathi okuzenzakalelayo, ukuze amandla ezinyweni ngalinye afane, aqine kakhulu futhi aphile isikhathi eside, ubuchwepheshe bokucubungula bufana nobegiya, futhi kulula ukuthola ukunemba okuphezulu kanye nokushintshana.