Heat Sink

Heat Sink
Used to dissipate heat faster.
Unlocked at	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Blueprint path	/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/AluminumPlateReinforced/Desc_AluminumPlateReinforced.Desc_AluminumPlateReinforced_C
Item
Stack size	100
Sink value	2 804

Heat Sink is a late-game component used to craft other late-game items.

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Heat Sink	5 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet 37.5 / min						3 × Copper Sheet 22.5 / min						Assembler 8 sec	1 × Heat Sink 7.5 / min 120 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Heat Exchanger Alternate	3 × Aluminum Casing 30 / min						3 × Rubber 30 / min						Assembler 6 sec	1 × Heat Sink 10 / min 90 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production

Alternate recipes analysis

The following shows different ways to produce 1 Heat Sink / second, or 60 /min:

Recipe	Bauxite /min (WP)	Crude Oil m3/min (WP)	Copper Ore /min (WP)	Total WP	Total Energy /item (MJ)	Space (m2)	Building counts
Default	300 (306.75)	30 (25.64)	112 (38.81)	371.20	1091.48	7433	48.97
Exchanger	240 (245.4)	81.33 (69.52)	48 (16.63)	331.55	890.60	5205	33.09

• 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 Ingot#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Copper Ingot#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Copper Sheet#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Aluminum Casing#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Rubber#Alternate recipes analysis
• The Resin byproduct generated from Aluminum can be fed into Rubber production, saving some of the Crude Oil, energy and space.

Usage

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Cooling System	2 × Heat Sink 12 / min						2 × Rubber 12 / min						Blender 10 sec	1 × Cooling System 6 / min 750 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
	5 × Water 30 / min						25 × Nitrogen Gas 150 / min
Plutonium Fuel Rod	30 × Encased Plutonium Cell 7.5 / min						18 × Steel Beam 4.5 / min						Manufacturer 240 sec	1 × Plutonium Fuel Rod 0.25 / min 13200 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
	6 × Electromagnetic Control Rod 1.5 / min						10 × Heat Sink 2.5 / min
Cooling Device Alternate	5 × Heat Sink 9.375 / min						1 × Motor 1.875 / min						Blender 32 sec	2 × Cooling System 3.75 / min 1200 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
	24 × Nitrogen Gas 45 / min
Radio Connection Unit Alternate	4 × Heat Sink 15 / min						2 × High-Speed Connector 7.5 / min						Manufacturer 16 sec	1 × Radio Control Unit 3.75 / min 880 MJ/item		Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production Caterium Research - AI Limiter
	12 × Quartz Crystal 45 / min

AWESOME Sink

 Heat Sink can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 2 804 points.

History

• Patch 0.4.1.0: Sink point 6992 -> 2804
• Patch 0.4.0.8:
  • Default recipe:
    • Changed recipe craft time from 12 to 8 seconds
    • Changed Alclad Aluminum Sheet cost from 8 to 5
    • Changed Copper Sheet cost from 9 to 3
    • Changed Heat Sink product from 2 to 1
  • Alternate: Heat Exchanger:
    • Changed recipe craft time from 12 to 6 seconds
    • Changed Rubber cost from 4 to 3
    • Changed Heat Sink product from 2 to 1
• Patch 0.4.0.0: Changed recipe and alternate recipe
• Patch 0.3.3.0: New crafting recipe added to Early Access
• Patch 0.3: New crafting recipe
• Patch 0.2.1: Added into Early Access
• Patch 0.1.15: Added mesh for Heat Sink
• Patch 0.1.14: Introduced