Isima ya karbide ya sima ifite ibiranga ubucucike bwinshi, ubukana bwinshi kandi yambara kwihanganira.Nibikoresho byiza cyane kubikoresho bitandukanye.
Isima ya karbide ya sima ikoreshwa mugukora ibyuma bitandukanye, nk'icyuma, imashini zikata ibyuma, inkweto, ibikoresho birinda kwambara, nibindi. Irashobora kugenzurwa hifashishijwe itanura ryimbere ryamashanyarazi kugirango rishyushya.