Ko ngā taputapu piko he momo taputapu e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā pūnaha tuku hiko hei whakawhiti i te nekehanga hurihuri i waenga i ngā pou e rua e whakawhiti ana, kāore i te takoto i te papa kotahi. E whakamahia ana i roto i ngā momo tono, tae atu ki ngā taputapu motuka, rererangi, moana, me ngā taputapu ahumahi.

He maha ngā momo taputapu bevel, tae atu kingā taputapu piko tika, ngā taputapu porowhita porowhita, mengā taputapu piko hypoidHe āhua niho motuhake tō ia momo taputapu piko, ā, e whakatau ana i ōna āhuatanga mahi.

He rite tonu te kaupapa mahi matua o ngā taputapu piko ki ērā atu momo taputapu. Ina honoa ngā taputapu piko e rua, ka whakawhitia te nekehanga hurihuri o tētahi taputapu ki tētahi atu taputapu, ka huri i te taha kē. Ko te nui o te taipana i whakawhitia i waenga i ngā taputapu e rua e whakawhirinaki ana ki te rahi o ngā taputapu me te maha o ngā niho o aua taputapu.

Ko tētahi o ngā rerekētanga matua i waenga i ngā taputapu piko me ētahi atu momo taputapu ko tā rātou mahi i runga i ngā pou e whakawhiti ana, kaua i ngā pou whakarara. Ko te tikanga o tēnei, kāore ngā toki taputapu i te papa kotahi, e hiahiatia ana ētahi whakaaro motuhake mō te hoahoa me te hanga taputapu.

Ka taea te whakamahi i ngā taputapu piko i roto i ngā momo whirihoranga rerekē, tae atu ki ngā pouaka miihini, ngā puku rerekē, me ngā pūnaha urungi. He mea hanga ēnei mai i ngā rauemi kounga teitei pērā i te maitai, te parahi rānei, ā, he maha ngā wā ka mīhinihia ki ngā ātete tino kikī kia pai ai te mahi me te pono.