I-Piston Ring yintsimbi yentsimbi efakwe kwi-piston groove. Kukho iindidi ezimbini zamakhonkco episton: iringi yokucinezela kunye neringi yeoli. Iringi yokucinezela ingasetyenziselwa ukutywina igesi yomxube ovuthayo kwigumbi lokutsha. Iringi yeoli isetyenziselwa ukukhuhla ioyile engaphezulu kwicylinder.
Umsesane wepiston luhlobo lweringi yentsimbi eneelastiki enoguquko olukhulu lwangaphandle. Ihlanganiswe kwi-groove ye-annular ehambelana neprofayili. Amakhonkco episton abuyelayo kunye ajikelezayo axhomekeke kumahluko woxinzelelo phakathi kwegesi okanye ulwelo ukwenza itywina phakathi kwesangqa sangaphandle sendandatho kunye nesilinda kunye necala elinye lomsesane kunye negroove.
Iringi yepiston yinxalenye engundoqo ye-injini yamafutha. Itywina igesi yamafutha kunye necylinder, ipiston kunye nodonga lwesilinda. Iinjini zeemoto eziqhelekileyo zineentlobo ezimbini ze-injini ye-diesel kunye ne-petroli, ngenxa yokusebenza kwayo kwepetroli yahlukile, ukusetyenziswa kwe-piston rings akufani, i-piston ring yokuqala ngokuphosa, kodwa ngenkqubela phambili yetekhnoloji, intsimbi yepiston enamandla aphezulu yazalwa, kunye nokuphuculwa okuqhubekayo komsebenzi we-injini, iimfuno zokusingqongileyo, usetyenziso oluphezulu oluphezulu, olufana ne-plating, i-plating, i-plating, i-plating, ukubekwa komzimba, ukutyabeka komhlaba, unyango lwe-zinc manganese phosphating, ukuze umsebenzi weringi yepiston uphuculwe kakhulu.