Furnace
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Furnaces are used to smelt resources into usable products for further usage. Therefore furnaces are a key building for developement and automation. Starting with very basic stone furnaces the player can advance through research and replace them with more efficient and faster furnaces later in the game.
Furnaces can be affected by Beacons.
Overview
Furnace | Total raw | Speed | Max energy | Module slots | Size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stone furnace | 0.5 | 180 W (burner) | 0 | 2 x 2 | |
Steel furnace | 1 | 180 W (burner) | 0 | 2 x 2 | |
Electric furnace | 1 | 180 W (electric) | 2 | 3 x 3 |
Examples
File:Furnace-example-1.png
An advanced smelter in late gameplay. Furnaces energy consumption reduced to minimum of 20% with 2 Efficiency modules consuming only 36 W each.
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12 Electric furnaces affected by a single Basic beacon (this number can't be improved as of 7.1).