Encased Industrial Beam

Encased Industrial Beam is a mid-game component created by embedding Steel in Concrete. It is used for Conveyor Belts Mk.4 (and Lifts), buildings, Heavy Modular Frames, Uranium Fuel Rods and some alternate recipes.

Alternate recipes analysis
The following shows different ways to produce 1 Encased Industrial Beam / second, or 60 / min:
 * Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: . The lower the better.
 * Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
 * Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
 * Among multiple ways to produce each of the ingredient, the recipe with the lowest WP is chosen. The exception is mentioned below:
 * Steel Ingot
 * Concrete - Wet Concrete

Trivia

 * 43 Encased Industrial Beams are used in Drop Pods.

Tips
Using alternate recipes, there is a trade-off between resource efficiency vs. Space and Power usage.
 * It is encouraged to automate this item with Alternate: Encased Industrial Pipe once available, as it consumes fewer Steel Ingots.
 * Comparison between original recipes and alternate recipes for crafting 1 Encased Industrial Beam:
 * This requires Pure Iron Ingot, Solid Steel Ingot, Wet Concrete and Encased Industrial Pipe.

History

 * Patch 0.1: Changed from Reinforced Steel Plate to Encased Industrial Beam, changed recipe (previously made with Screws instead of Concrete). Its previous icon is now used for the Heat Sink.

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