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.

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Summary

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

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

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

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

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		✖

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

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.