按輪數的多少分為單門滑車、雙門滑車和多門滑車。按滑車與吊物的連接方式可分為吊鉤式滑車、鏈環式滑車、吊環式滑車和吊架式滑車四種。一般中小型的滑車多屬於吊鉤式、鏈lian環huan式shi和he吊diao環huan式shi，而er大da型xing滑hua車che采cai用yong吊diao環huan式shi和he吊diao梁liang式shi。按an輪lun和he軸zhou的de接jie觸chu不bu同tong可ke分fen為wei輪lun軸zhou間jian裝zhuang滑hua動dong軸zhou承cheng及ji滾gun動dong軸zhou承cheng兩liang種zhong。開kai口kou滑hua車che的de夾jia板ban是shi可ke以yi打da開kai的de，常chang用yong於yu扒ba杆gan底di腳jiao處chu作zuo導dao向xiang滑hua車che用yong。滑hua車che按an使shi用yong的de方fang式shi不bu同tong又you分fen為wei定ding滑hua車che和he動dong滑hua車che。主zhu要yao用yong於yu工gong廠chang，礦kuang山shan
，農nong業ye，電dian力li，建jian築zhu的de生sheng產chan施shi工gong，碼ma頭tou，船chuan塢wu，倉cang庫ku貨huo物wu起qi吊diao等deng.