Ko ngā papa whakamatau tino māmā he taputapu whakamahana kua whanaketia hei wātea i te wā mutunga o te whakatinanatanga, e whakaratohia ai te āhua māmā, tino pakaru mai ana i te iti rawa o ngā whara—ngā whara itiiti, ngā māpua, me te ahopae totohu—e waihona ana i ngā papa whakatinana. Kei te nuinga o ngā papa kei te 1000 ki te 8000 neke atu rānei, me ngā taumaha whakamahana (he nui ake ko te matā, ko te ōwhata, ko te hirioma rānei) e noho ana i roto i tētahi pouaka māmā, mōrearea (waiārangi, microfiber, i te whatu), e whakapono ana i te whakapā māmā, taurite. Ko ngā taumaha māmā ka tango anake i ngā paparanga o te taraweti, e tiaki ana i te rahi o te tuhinga e whakaratohia ai ngā uara whakarewa (Ra) e iti noa ana i te ruatekau mā whā tekau mā whā - he mea matua nui tēnei mō ngā whakamahinga e pā ana te kounga mata ki te mahi, ki te āhua rānei. I te hanga whakaaonga, ka whakamatau i ngā karu karawhiti me ngā mirihi kia pai ai te tuku i te whakaaonga kore heke. I te whanaketanga hiko, ka whakapai ake i ngā wafer paraihe, i reka ai te raupapa mata ki te paerewa o te waahanga. I te hanga taonga, ka whakamātautia ngā taro utu ki te āhua pakaru, kore whara. I te whakapai ake i ngā inu, ka whakapai ake i ngā takotoranga horoi, e waihangatia ai te āhua karawhiti e whakanui ai i te kaha o te tae me te hurihanga. Ka whakamahia ngā papa whakamatau tino māmā ki te haere ki te tere iti hei whakaiti i te kirituhi me te whakapāpaku, ina heke ki te whakamahi i ngā manawa (wai, hinu, i ngā wai arataki) e kawe ai i ngā paraurau, e whakati ai i te kauta. Ko te whatu māmā e whai ana ki te āhua tino pīroiroi, pērā i ngā wāhanga karaihe, ngā taputapu niho rānei, e whakapono ai i ngā putanga taurite ki ngā wāhi iti. Mō ngā umanga e here ana i te tikanga mata teitei rawa—aerospace (turbine blades), medical devices (implants), and luxury goods—ko ngā papa whakamatau tino māmā he mea nui, e huri ana i ngā wāhanga mahi ki ngā hua hanga tūmatanui, ā-hinengaro hoki e tutuki ai ngā tautohetohe kounga.