手扳葫芦广泛地应用于造船、电力、运输、建筑、矿山、邮电等行业的设备安装，物品起吊、机件牵拉等。手扳葫芦具有安全可靠，经久耐用；性能好，维修简便；体积小，重量轻，携带方便；手板力小，效率高；结构完善，外形美观等特点。手拉葫芦和手扳葫芦都叫做手动葫芦，是用人力来提升重物的，不得任意加长操作手柄；操作中应让其余手柄自由随动，不得卡阻。必须根据负载的大小选用适当吨位的葫芦。
Hand squash is widely used in the installation of equipment in shipbuilding, electric power, transportation, construction, mining, post and telecommunications and other industries, such as lifting articles, pulling machine parts and so on. Hand hoist is safe and reliable, durable, good performance, simple maintenance, small volume, light weight, easy to carry, small hand plate force, high efficiency, perfect structure, beautiful appearance and so on. Hand hoist and hand-operated hoist are all called manual hoists. They use manpower to lift heavy objects, and do not lengthen the operation handle at any time. During the operation, the rest of the handles should be free to follow and not be stuck. The proper tonnage of the gourd must be selected according to the size of the load.