Aluminum Ingot

Aluminum Ingot
Aluminum Ingots are made from Aluminum Scrap, which is refined from Alumina Solution. Used to produce specialized aluminum-based parts.
Unlocked at	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Blueprint path	/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/AluminumIngot/Desc_AluminumIngot.Desc_AluminumIngot_C
Item
Stack size	100
Sink value	131
Abbreviation	AL

Aluminum Ingots are smelted from Aluminum Scrap and are used to make Alclad Aluminum Sheets and Aluminum Casings.

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Aluminum Ingot	6 × Aluminum Scrap 90 / min						5 × Silica 75 / min						Foundry 4 sec × 6	4 × Aluminum Ingot 60 / min 16 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Pure Aluminum Ingot Alternate	2 × Aluminum Scrap 60 / min												Smelter 2 sec	1 × Aluminum Ingot 30 / min 8 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement

For initial basic Aluminum Ingot production, see Tutorial:Setting up Aluminum Ingot production.

Alternate recipes analysis

The following shows different ways to produce 1 Aluminum Ingot / second, or 60 /min:

Recipe	Bauxite /min (WP)	Crude Oil m3/min (WP)	Raw Quartz /min (WP)	Limestone /min (WP)	Coal /min (WP)	Net WP	Total Energy /item (MJ)	Space (m2)	Building counts
Default + Electrode	54 (55.22)	4.5 (3.85)	22.5 (21.43)	37.5 (7.09)	-	87.58	108.89	600	4.05
Default + Instant	45 (46.01)	-	32.14 (30.61)	53.57 (10.14)	30 (9.71)	118.40	124.77	665	4.46
Pure + Sloppy	60 (61.35)	6 (5.13)	-	-	-	66.48	58.67	380	3.10

• Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: (resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. 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. See also:
  • Aluminum Scrap#Alternate recipes analysis
• The maximum conversion rate from Bauxite to Ingot can be achieved with Sloppy Alumina > Electrode - Aluminum Scrap > Default Ingot, but this greatly increase usage of Silica (and therefore Raw Quartz). Instant Scrap could also be used to reach the maximum, but requires valuable Sulfur.

Usage

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Alclad Aluminum Sheet	3 × Aluminum Ingot 30 / min						1 × Copper Ingot 10 / min						Assembler 6 sec × 6	3 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet 30 / min 30 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Aluminum Casing	3 × Aluminum Ingot 90 / min												Constructor 2 sec	2 × Aluminum Casing 60 / min 4 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Empty Fluid Tank	1 × Aluminum Ingot 60 / min												Constructor 1 sec	1 × Empty Fluid Tank 60 / min 4 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Alclad Casing Alternate	20 × Aluminum Ingot 150 / min						10 × Copper Ingot 75 / min						Assembler 8 sec	15 × Aluminum Casing 112.5 / min 8 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Heat-Fused Frame Alternate	1 × Heavy Modular Frame 3 / min						50 × Aluminum Ingot 150 / min						Blender 20 sec	1 × Fused Modular Frame 3 / min 1500 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
	8 × Nitric Acid 24 / min						10 × Fuel 30 / min

AWESOME Sink

 Aluminum Ingot can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 131 points.

History

• Patch 0.4.0.8:
  • Alternate: Pure Aluminum Ingot:
    • Changed recipe craft time from 20 to 2 seconds
    • Changed Aluminum Scrap cost from 18 to 2
    • Changed Aluminum Ingot product from 9 to 1
• Patch 0.4.0.0: Recipes have changed, significantly buffing the amount of Ingots made from Aluminum Scrap
• Patch 0.3: Aluminum processing was overhauled, now is smelted out of Aluminum Scrap instead of Bauxite
• Patch 0.2.1: Introduced

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