Encased Industrial Beam

Encased Industrial Beam
Encased Industrial Beams utilize the compressive strength of concrete and tensile strength of steel simultaneously. Mostly used as a stable basis for constructing buildings.
Unlocked at	Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production
Blueprint path	/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/SteelPlateReinforced/Desc_SteelPlateReinforced.Desc_SteelPlateReinforced_C
Item
Stack size	100
Sink value	632

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.

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Encased Industrial Beam	3 × Steel Beam 18 / min						6 × Concrete 36 / min						Assembler 10 sec × 5	1 × Encased Industrial Beam 6 / min 150 MJ/item		Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production
Encased Industrial Pipe Alternate	6 × Steel Pipe 24 / min						5 × Concrete 20 / min						Assembler 15 sec	1 × Encased Industrial Beam 4 / min 225 MJ/item		Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production

Alternate recipes analysis

The following shows different ways to produce 1 Encased Industrial Beam / second, or 60 / min:

Recipe	Iron Ore /min (WP)	Coal /min (WP)	Limestone /min (WP)	Total WP	Total Energy /item (MJ)	Space (m2)	Building counts
Default	344.62 (48.97)	640 (207.12)	450 (85.13)	341.22	1229.95	6939	55.60
Pipe	226.15 (32.13)	420 (135.92)	450 (85.13)	253.18	1063.48	6917	56.71

• 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. The exception is mentioned below:
  • Steel Ingot#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Concrete#Alternate recipes analysis - Wet Concrete

Usage

Research

 Encased Industrial Beam is used in the Sulfur Research chain in the MAM for additional unlocks.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Heavy Modular Frame	5 × Modular Frame 10 / min						20 × Steel Pipe 40 / min						Manufacturer 30 sec × 9	1 × Heavy Modular Frame 2 / min 1650 MJ/item		Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production
	5 × Encased Industrial Beam 10 / min						120 × Screw 240 / min
Uranium Fuel Rod	50 × Encased Uranium Cell 20 / min						3 × Encased Industrial Beam 1.2 / min						Manufacturer 150 sec	1 × Uranium Fuel Rod 0.4 / min 8250 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Nuclear Power
	5 × Electromagnetic Control Rod 2 / min
Heavy Flexible Frame Alternate	5 × Modular Frame 18.75 / min						3 × Encased Industrial Beam 11.25 / min						Manufacturer 16 sec	1 × Heavy Modular Frame 3.75 / min 880 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing
	20 × Rubber 75 / min						104 × Screw 390 / min
Heavy Encased Frame Alternate	8 × Modular Frame 7.5 / min						10 × Encased Industrial Beam 9.375 / min						Manufacturer 64 sec	3 × Heavy Modular Frame 2.8125 / min 1173.33 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing
	36 × Steel Pipe 33.75 / min						22 × Concrete 20.625 / min
Conveyor Belt Mk.4	1 × Encased Industrial Beam												Build Gun	1 × Conveyor Belt Mk.4		Tier 6 - Expanded power Infrastructure
Conveyor Lift Mk.4	2 × Encased Industrial Beam												Build Gun	1 × Conveyor Lift Mk.4		Tier 6 - Expanded Power Infrastructure
Flood Light Tower	25 × Quickwire						4 × Copper Sheet						Build Gun	1 × Flood Light Tower		AWESOME Shop - Flood Lights
	8 × Encased Industrial Beam
Fluid Freight Platform	10 × Encased Industrial Beam						50 × Plastic						Build Gun	1 × Fluid Freight Platform		Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology
	50 × Concrete						200 × Wire
Fuel Generator	15 × Motor				15 × Encased Industrial Beam				30 × Copper Sheet				Build Gun	1 × Fuel Generator		Tier 5 - Petroleum Power
	50 × Rubber				50 × Quickwire
Hypertube Entrance	4 × Encased Industrial Beam						4 × Rotor						Build Gun	1 × Hypertube Entrance		Tier 4 - Hypertubes
	10 × Steel Pipe
Large Billboard	12 × Encased Industrial Beam						20 × Copper Sheet						Build Gun	1 × Large Billboard		AWESOME Shop - Billboard Set
	5 × Crystal Oscillator
Miner Mk.2	2 × Portable Miner						10 × Encased Industrial Beam						Build Gun	1 × Miner Mk.2		Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production
	20 × Steel Pipe						10 × Modular Frame
Oil Extractor	15 × Motor						20 × Encased Industrial Beam						Build Gun	1 × Oil Extractor		Tier 5 - Oil Processing
	60 × Cable
Pipeline Pump Mk.2	2 × Motor						4 × Encased Industrial Beam						Build Gun	1 × Pipeline Pump Mk.2		Tier 6 - Pipeline Engineering Mk.2
	8 × Plastic
Power Storage	100 × Wire						10 × Modular Frame						Build Gun	1 × Power Storage		Tier 4 - Expanded Power Infrastructure
	5 × Encased Industrial Beam
Refinery	10 × Motor						10 × Encased Industrial Beam						Build Gun	1 × Refinery		Tier 5 - Oil Processing
	30 × Steel Pipe						20 × Copper Sheet
Resource Well Pressurizer	200 × Wire						50 × Rubber						Build Gun	1 × Resource Well Pressurizer		Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
	50 × Encased Industrial Beam						50 × Motor
Small Billboard	3 × Encased Industrial Beam						4 × Copper Sheet						Build Gun	1 × Small Billboard		AWESOME Shop - Billboard Set
	1 × Crystal Oscillator
Truck	15 × Motor				10 × Circuit Board				5 × Heavy Modular Frame				Build Gun	1 × Truck		Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing
	50 × Rubber				20 × Encased Industrial Beam
Wall Mounted Flood Light	25 × Quickwire						4 × Copper Sheet						Build Gun	1 × Wall Mounted Flood Light		AWESOME Shop - Flood Lights
	2 × Encased Industrial Beam

AWESOME Sink

 Encased Industrial Beam can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 632 points.

Trivia

• 43 Encased Industrial Beams are used in Drop Pods.

Tips

• 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:

-	Iron Ore	Coal	Limestone	Water
Original recipes	16	16	15	-
Alternate recipes	3.77	7.0	7.5	8.4
Usage (%)	23.6	43.8	50	N/A

Using alternate recipes, there is a trade-off between resource efficiency vs. Space and Power usage.

• This requires Pure Iron Ingot, Solid Steel Ingot, Wet Concrete and Encased Industrial Pipe.

Gallery

Schematic for encasted industrial beam

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.