ʻO ka huaʻōlelo “pahū-pale” no ka mea, e pili ana nā mea pā pahu i kā lākou hoʻolālā e hoʻokaʻawale i nā ʻāpana uila hiki ke hoʻohua i nā huna ahi, arcs, a me nā mahana weliweli mai nā hui kinoea pahū a puni i ka wā e hana ai. Hoʻomaopopo pū kēia hoʻolālā ʻaʻole hana ʻia nā ʻulaʻula inā pilikia nā kūlana kūikawā me ka pahu peʻa, pēlā e mālama ai i nā hana hana palekana.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā mea pā pahu pahū i ʻelua ʻano: ʻO kekahi me ka pahu a me ka impeller i hana ʻia me ka alumini alumini a hoʻoikaika ʻia e nā kaʻa pahū-hōʻoia; a ʻo kahi ʻē aʻe kahi i hana ʻia ai ka pahu me ka ʻili hao a i ʻole ke kila kila me kahi impeller aluminika, hoʻoikaika pū ʻia e nā motika pahū. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka alumini alumini i nā wahi friction e pale ai i ka hoʻāla ʻana, ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā koi pahū.
ʻO ka maʻamau, Hoʻohana ʻia nā motika pahū e like me BT4 a me CT4, me nā koho maʻamau i loaʻa no ke kū'ē wela kiʻekiʻe, pale ʻino, a me ke alapine hoʻololi. He kūpono kēia mau mea hoʻokani pahu no nā wahi pahū a pahū, e like me kinoea maoli kaʻahele.