According to the protection form, it can be divided into overcurrent protection and overheat protection. The fuse used for overcurrent protection is commonly referred to as fuse (also called current-limiting fuse). The fuse used for overheat protection is generally referred to as "temperature fuse". The temperature fuse is also divided into low-melting point alloy type, temperature-sensitive trigger type, memory alloy type and so on. (The temperature fuse is used to protect the heating appliances or easily heating appliances from excessive temperature, such as hair dryer, electric iron, electric cooker, electric stove, transformer, motor, etc.; it responds to the rise of the temperature of the electrical appliances, regardless of the working current of the circuit. Its working principle is different from the "current-limiting fuse").
According to the scope of use, it can be divided into: power fuse, machine tool fuse, electrical instrument fuse (electronic fuse), automobile fuse.
According to body integral, it can be divided into large, medium, small and micro.
According to rated voltage, it can be divided into high-voltage fuse, low-voltage fuse and safety voltage fuse.
According to breaking capacity, it can be divided into high and low breaking capacity fuses.
According to the shape, it can be divided into: flat head tubular fuse (also can be divided into internal welding fuse and external welding fuse), pointed tubular fuse, chopper fuse, spiral fuse, plug-in fuse, flat fuse, wrapped fuse, patch fuse.
According to the fusing speed, it can be divided into: ultra-slow fuse (generally expressed by TT), slow fuse (generally expressed by T), medium fuse (generally expressed by M), fast fuse (generally expressed by F), and ultra-fast fuse (generally expressed by FF).
According to the standard, it can be divided into European standard fuse, American standard fuse and Japanese standard fuse.