Benshi mu bakora ibicuruzwa nyuma y’Amerika bakoresha sisitemu yo gupima icyongereza, aho uburebure bugaragarira mu icumi cya santimetero, ariko inganda ku isi hose zishingiye ku gupima metero. Iyi mibare yerekana rimwe na rimwe yitwa nomero ya "PK", kandi iboneka kumukandara mwinshi hamwe numubare gakondo wuwabikoze. Imibare ya PK ikubiyemo ibice bitatu byingenzi byerekana amakuru.
Nkurugero, "6PK1200" numero ya PK iboneka kumukandara wa OEM inzoka. Umubare wa mbere werekana umukandara wa rubavu esheshatu, ugakurikirwa na “P” kugirango umenye ubunini bw'umukandara, na “K” werekana ko uyu mukandara uhuye na SAE yo gupima imbavu (milimetero 3,56 z'ubugari ku mukandara w'inzoka zo mu bwoko bwa moteri). Urukurikirane rwanyuma rwimibare nuburebure bukomeye bwumukandara, watanzwe muri milimetero.
Umubare wa PK urashobora gukoreshwa nkungurana ibitekerezo niba uruganda rwihariye rwumubare warangiye, igice cyumukandara cyabuze cyangwa numero yuwabikoze ntishobora guhinduka murutonde rwawe.
Dupima imikandara myinshi ikikije umuzenguruko wabo wo hanze (A-, B- na C-seri ya V-umukandara ubarwa ukurikije umuzenguruko wabo, kandi ni ibisanzwe bidasanzwe kuri iri tegeko), kandi ugereranije, umuzenguruko wo hanze w'inzoka. umukandara ureshya na milimetero 14 kurenza uburebure bukomeye bwanditse mumibare ya PK. Umukandara wacu wa 6PK1200 wagira imbavu umunani hamwe n’umuzenguruko ugereranyije wa milimetero 1,214, cyangwa santimetero 47,79. Kugenzura byihuse urutonde rwumukandara urutonde rwubunini bwurutonde rwatanga ibice byinzobere hafi yimibare yimibare ihuza ibicuruzwa byabo. Witondere kudatandukana cyane nubunini bwasabwe, kuko umukandara muremure urashobora kunyerera cyangwa ugasimbuka imitsi, kandi imikandara idashyizwe munsi irashobora gutera kwambara imburagihe kubintu bitwarwa n'umukandara.
Urebye ko imikandara yinzoka ishobora kugendera kumpande zombi zoroheje kandi zoroshye, imibare irashobora gushira umukandara burundu mugihe, kandi gupima muburyo butaziguye niyo nzira yonyine kumukandara utamenyekana. Igitambara gipima kaseti (nkibisangwa mubikoresho byo kudoda) birashobora gufasha mukubona neza. Ibipimo bya kaseti hamwe nabategetsi birakomeye cyane kugirango bafate ibipimo nyabyo, kandi gupima umukandara cyangwa umukandara hamwe nigice cyumugozi bishobora kuvamo ibipimo bidahwitse bitewe no kurambura fibre yumugozi.