Mafuta otenthetsera mafuta amagetsi ndi atsopano, otetezeka, okwera kwambiri komanso opulumutsa mphamvu, otsika kwambiri (pansi pa kuthamanga kwabwino kapena kutsika) ndipo amatha kupereka kutentha kwamphamvu kwa ng'anjo yapadera yamafakitale, ndi mafuta otumizira kutentha monga chonyamulira kutentha, kupyolera mu kutentha mpope kuti azizungulira chonyamulira kutentha, kutentha kutengerapo ku zipangizo kutentha.
Makina opangira mafuta otenthetsera kutentha kwamagetsi amapangidwa ndi chotenthetsera chamagetsi chosaphulika, ng'anjo yonyamula kutentha kwachilengedwe, chotenthetsera kutentha (ngati chilipo), bokosi lochitira umboni kuphulika pamalopo, pampu yamafuta otentha, thanki yokulitsa, ndi zina zambiri. amagwiritsidwa ntchito pongolumikiza ku magetsi, kulowetsa ndi kutumiza mapaipi apakati ndi zina zamagetsi.