Ubwino umodzi wa valavu ya gulugufe ndi kusinthasintha kwake. Itha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kuwongolera kutuluka kwamitundu yosiyanasiyana yamadzimadzi, kuphatikiza mpweya, media zowononga, komanso zitsulo zamadzimadzi. Izi zimapangitsa kukhala chida chamtengo wapatali pamagwiritsidwe osiyanasiyana, kuchokera ku zomera za mankhwala kupita ku malo opangira magetsi. Pankhani yoyika, ndikofunikira kuwonetsetsa kuti valavu ya gulugufe yayikidwa bwino paipi yotsekedwa kwathunthu ndipo palibe gasi woyeserera. Izi zimatsimikizira kugwira ntchito bwino ndikuletsa kutayikira kapena kusagwira ntchito kulikonse komwe kungasokoneze magwiridwe antchito onse a valve.
Ponena za ntchito yake, valavu ya gulugufe imagwira ntchito ngati chida chodulira komanso chogwedeza mkati mwa mapaipi. Mapangidwe ake amalola kutsegulira ndi kutseka kosavuta komanso mwachangu, kulola kusintha mwachangu ngati pakufunika. Voliyumu yaying'ono ya valve ndi mawonekedwe opepuka amapangitsa kuti ikhale yosavuta kuyigwira ndikuyiyika, ndikuchepetsanso kuchuluka kwa torque yofunikira kuti igwire ntchito. Ubwino wina waukulu wa valavu ya gulugufe ndi kutsika kwake kwamadzimadzi. Izi zikutanthauza kuti valavu ikagwiritsidwa ntchito, imakhala yochepa kwambiri pamayendedwe onse amadzimadzi, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale ntchito yabwino komanso yosalala. Ngakhale ponyamula matope pang'onopang'ono, valavu ya gulugufe imatha kusindikiza bwino ndi kuchuluka kwamadzimadzi pang'ono padoko la mapaipi. Ponseponse, valavu yagulugufe ndi valavu yodalirika komanso yothandiza yomwe imapereka zabwino zambiri m'mafakitale osiyanasiyana.
Kusinthasintha kwake, kuyika kwake kosavuta, komanso kutsika kwamadzimadzi kumapangitsa kukhala chisankho chodziwika bwino chowongolera kutuluka kwamadzi m'mapaipi. Kaya ndi yoyang'anira mpweya, corrosive media, kapena zitsulo zamadzimadzi, vavu yagulugufe imakhala chida chamtengo wapatali komanso chothandiza.