Foundry

Foundry

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10 + 30 + 20 + 20 + 50 + 50 → 1
Total raw
10 + 30 + 20 + 20 + 50 + 50
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Health	350 455 560 665 875
Stack size	20
Rocket capacity	5
Dimensions	5×5
Energy consumption	2500 kW (electric)
Drain	83.33 kW (electric)
Crafting speed	4 5.2 6.4 7.6 10
Mining time	0.2
Base productivity	50%
Pollution	6/m
Crafted only on
Module slots	4 slots
Prototype type	assembling-machine
Internal name	foundry
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Space Age expansion exclusive feature.

The Foundry is a version of the assembling machine from Vulcanus that specializes in metallurgy. It has a built-in 50% productivity bonus.

The foundry can only be crafted on Vulcanus due to its higher atmospheric pressure, but it can be used on other planets once transported via space platform.

Recipes

The Foundry has twenty available unique recipes, of which one must be set before it can begin processing.

Process	Input	Output
Molten iron from lava	16 1 500	10 250
Molten copper from lava	16 1 500	15 250
Molten iron	32 50 1	500
Molten copper	32 50 1	500
Casting iron	3.2 20	2
Casting copper	3.2 20	2
Casting steel	3.2 30	1
Casting iron gear wheel	1 10	1
Casting iron stick	1 20	4
Casting low density structure	15 5 80 250	1
Concrete from molten iron	10 5 20 100	10
Casting copper cable	1 5	2
Tungsten plate (requires Tungsten plate (research))	10 4 10	1
Metallurgic science pack (requires Metallurgic science pack (research))	10 3 2 200	1
Big mining drill (requires Big mining drill (research))	30 10 10 20 1 200	1
Turbo transport belt (requires Turbo transport belt (research))	0.5 5 1 20	1
Turbo underground belt (requires Turbo transport belt (research))	2 40 2 40	2
Turbo splitter (requires Turbo transport belt (research))	2 2 15 2 80	1
Casting pipe	1 10	1
Casting pipe to ground	1 10 50	2

Note that the recipe for making concrete can use Productivity modules, despite the regular Concrete recipe not being able to use prods.

Additionally, the Foundry can also make other foundries, all belt types and holmium plates, in which case their recipes are the same as with assembling machines.

Efficiency

Most of the foundry's recipes are more efficient than creating the same items in a furnace or assembling machine. However, because of the built-in +50% productivity bonus (which applies even to items like belts that don't benefit from productivity modules), and because the same bonus also applies to the recipes for molten iron and molten copper, the actual efficiency gains from using a foundry are much higher than the value listed in the recipe.

The table below compares the values of the base recipes (with 1 ore = 10 molten metal), and then shows the actual output of the recipe with the default foundry bonuses of 4 crafting speed and 150% productivity (1 ore = 15 molten metal). For example, inserting 200 iron ore into a foundry with no modules installed would result in 3,000 molten iron which could be turned into 450 iron plates.

Name	Base recipe values										With foundry bonuses
	Furnace/Assembler				Foundry				Efficiency		Foundry		Efficiency
	Time			Output	Time			Output			Time	Output
Iron plate	3.2	1	-	1	3.2	20	-	2	100%	-	0.8	3	225%	-
Steel plate	3.2	5	-	1	3.2	30	-	1	167%	-	0.8	1.5	375%	-
Iron gear wheel	0.5	2	-	1	1	10	-	1	200%	-	0.25	1.5	450%	-
Iron stick	0.5	1	-	2	1	20	-	4	100%	-	0.25	6	225%	-
Concrete	10	1	-	10	10	20	-	10	50%	-	2.5	15	113%	-
Pipe	0.5	1	-	1	1	10	-	1	100%	-	0.25	1.5	225%	-
Pipe to ground	0.5	5	-	2	1	50	-	2	100%	-	0.25	3	225%	-
Low density structure	15	10	20	1	15	80	250	1	125%	80%	3.75	1.5	281%	180%
Copper plate	3.2	-	1	1	3.2	-	20	2	-	100%	0.8	3	-	225%
Copper cable	0.5	-	1	2	1	-	5	2	-	200%	0.25	3	-	450%

Low density structure

The numbers in the table are relative to using Electric furnaces. However it is possible to use the highly efficient Foundries to make the intermediates, which requires even less ore, but more plastic:

Process	Raw resources to make 1
Furnaces + Assemblers	10 20 5
Foundry Direct	3.5 11.1 3.33
Foundries + Assemblers	2.67 8.88 5

History

• 2.0.7:
  • Introduced in Space Age expansion.

See also

• Vulcanus
• Crafting