Ifuro ry'icyuma rikoreshwa cyane mu binyabuzima mu gukora amagufwa ya artile; byongeye kandi, ifuro ry'icyuma rishobora no gukoreshwa mubikoresho bya batiri, byongera cyane ingufu za bateri. Byongeye kandi, mu rwego rwa gisirikare, ibyuma bifata ifuro na byo bikoreshwa cyane mu gukora ibikoresho birinda umutekano nka kote yangiza amasasu.

Ifuro ry'icyuma rikoreshwa mu gukora isuku, kuyungurura, inkunga ya catalitiki, electrode n'ibindi bikoresho muri peteroli, ikirere, no kurengera ibidukikije. Ifuro ry'ibyuma bivuga ibikoresho bidasanzwe birimo imyenge. Binyuze mu miterere yihariye yimiterere, ibyuma bifata ifuro bifite urukurikirane rwibyiza nkubucucike buke, imikorere myiza yubushyuhe bwumuriro, imikorere yijwi ryiza hamwe nubushobozi bwo gukurura imiraba ya electroniki. Imiti niterambere ryinganda. Gutegura ifuro ryibyuma birimo ifu ya metallurgie na electroplating. Iyambere yateguwe hongewemo ifuro ryinshi mubyuma bishongeshejwe kugirango ubone icyuma; icya nyuma cyigana kuri skeleton ya polyurethane ifuro na electrodeposition.

Birashobora kuvugwa ko nkibikoresho byihariye byuma, ifuro ryicyuma rifite ibyifuzo byiza cyane. Kugeza ubu, mu bushakashatsi bwa siyansi, ibyuma bifuro ifuro bikoreshwa mu gisirikare; imyenda ya gisirikare idashobora gukumira amasasu ashobora gutobora amasasu; icyarimwe, ukurikije ibiranga icyuma cya furo ubwacyo, icyuma cya furo gikozwe mubikoresho byoroheje bitagira ibyuma, bikoreshwa mukurinda ibinyabiziga byintwaro. Kwiyongera, mugihe kurushaho kugabanya uburemere bwimodoka yintwaro ubwayo. Hamwe niterambere ryiterambere rya siyanse nikoranabuhanga, umurima nubunini bwo gukoresha ibyuma bifata ifuro nabyo biragenda byiyongera. Birashobora kuvugwa ko ifite intera nini cyane ya porogaramu, kandi ibyifuzo byo gusaba nabyo biratanga ikizere mugihe kizaza.