Arc Smelter

Smelting Facility

Uses the high temperature generated by an electrode arc to smelt ores and metals. Can also be used for purification and crystal smelting.

Production Speed		1x
Work Consumption		360 kW
Idle Consumption		12.0 kW
Made In		Assembler
Hand-Make		Replicator
Grid Size		3×3
Stack Size		50

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3 s

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Summary

The Arc Smelter is a building which smelts certain materials into certain other materials via application of high heat. It is mostly used for turning ores into their respective ingots, although it is also used for producing magnets, as well as certain crystals (all recipes are listed below). Being an [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_arc_furnace arc furnace], it requires no fuel to operate, just electricity.

Production Chain

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 3 s 4 2 4 2		✔

Production Progression Chart

Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
240	4 240		3 60
120	2 120
120	3 120	1 120
60	1 60	1 120
240	4 240	2 240
120	2 120	2 240
Buildings Required		16 6
Raw Materials Required (per minute)		600 180 120
Raw Materials Required (per unit)		10 3 2

Used In

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 5 s 1 5 4 15		✔

Recipes

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 1 s 1		✔
1 1.5 s 1		✔
1 1 s 1		✔
1 3 s 3		✖
1 1 s 1		✔
1 2 s 2		✔
1 2 s 2		✔
1 10 s 10		✖
1 2 s 2		✔
1 2 s 1		✖
1 2 s 1		✖
2 1.5 s 1		✖
1 2 s 2		✔
4 12 s 4 4 8		✖

Maximum Production per Conveyor Belt

Material Consumption	Item Product	Transport Speed	Building
x 60/minute x 60/minute x 60/minute x 60/minute x 60/minute x 60/minute x 60/minute x 60/minute x 60/minute	x 60/minute x 60/minute x 60/minute x 30/minute x 6/minute x 30/minute x 30/minute x 30/minute x 20/minute	360 / minute	x 6
		720 / minute	x 12
		1800 / minute	x 30
x 40/minute x 40/minute + x 20/minute + x 20/minute	x 40/minute x 20/minute	360 / minute	x 9
		720 / minute	x 18
		1800 / minute	x 45
x 30/minute x 30/minute x 40/minute	x 30/minute x 30/minute x 80/minute	360 / minute	x 12
		720 / minute	x 24
		1800 / minute	x 60

Player Tips & Tricks

Since the average game will need hundreds of smelters, consider automating their creation early on to avoid being force to make them manually every time you need them.
When creating mining bases in new planets it's normal to underestimate how many smelters you will need. Take with you both a decent amount of them and the materials to create more, specially Stone Bricks.