Ucingo lwe-concertinaiye yaqashelwa njengethuluzi elinamandla kakhulu lokuvimbela ukungena okungafuneki kwezitha noma izilwane. Ama-blade abukhali kanye nesakhiwo esijikelezayo kungabamba noma ubani ohlose ukudlula noma ukuwela ucingo lwe-concertina.
Ngokuvamile, ucingo lwe-concertina luyinhlanganisela yocingo lwe-concertina kanye nocingo lwe-chain link noma i-wire mesh ehlanganisiwe evimba abantu kuphela futhi ngeke ikulimaze (bheka uMfanekiso 1). Lolu hlobo locingo lwe-concertina lutholakala kabanzi ejele, esikhumulweni sezindiza, ezindaweni zokuhlala, kuhulumeni kanye nasezindaweni zezentengiselwano.
Olunye uhlobo locingo lwe-concertina lwakhiwe ngezintambo ezijikelezayo ze-concertina. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, zingaboshelwa esakhiweni sensimbi ukuze zakhe ucingo lokuphepha (bheka isithombe 2). Ngakolunye uhlangothi, zingafakwa ngaphandle kwesakhiwo sensimbi (bheka isithombe 3).