Ama-cylinder we-oksijini aneziqukathi eziphakeme zokugcina nokuhambisa umoya-mpilo. Ngokuvamile zenziwe ngensimbi ye-alloy ehlelekile ngokushaya okushisayo nokucindezela, futhi ama- cylindrical . Isetshenziswa ezibhedlela, iziteshi zosizo lokuqala, nasemakhaya asebekhulile. Ama-cylinders we-oksijini alungele izinsiza ezilungele umoya-mpilo ezibhedlela, iziteshi zosizo lokuqala, amakhaya asebekhulile, ukunakekelwa kwasekhaya, ukutakula kwempi, ukunakekelwa kwempilo yomuntu siqu, kanye nokunakekelwa kokungezelela ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene ze-hypoxic. Kungumngane obaluleke kakhulu ezigulini, asebekhulile, abesifazane abakhulelwe, abafundi, abasebenzi abamhlophe be-white, izivakashi, imigudu kanye nabagibeli bezintaba.