| Steel Ingot | |
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| Steel Ingots are made from Iron Ore that's been smelted with Coal. They are made into several parts used in building construction. | |
| Unlocked at | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production |
| Stack size | 100 |
| Sink value | 8 |
Blueprint path
/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/SteelIngot/Desc_SteelIngot.Desc_SteelIngot_C | |
Steel Ingots are smelted from Iron Ore and Coal in Foundries. They are used to produce Steel Pipes and Steel Beams.
Contents
Obtaining[]
Crafting[]
| Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 ×  Iron Ore 45 / min | 3 ×  Coal 45 / min | Foundry 4 sec  × 6 | 3 ×  Steel Ingot 45 / min 21.33 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | ||||||||||||
15 × Iron Ore 75 / min | 15 ×  Petroleum Coke 75 / min | Foundry 12 sec | 20 × Steel Ingot 100 / min 9.6 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Oil Processing | ||||||||||||
6 × Iron Ore 22.5 / min | 3 ×  Compacted Coal 11.25 / min | Foundry 16 sec | 10 × Steel Ingot 37.5 / min 25.6 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production Alternate Recipe - Compacted Coal | ||||||||||||
2 ×  Iron Ingot 40 / min | 2 × Coal 40 / min | Foundry 3 sec | 3 × Steel Ingot 60 / min 16 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | ||||||||||||
Alternate recipes analysis[]
The following shows different ways to produce 1 Steel Ingot / second, or 60 / min:
| Recipe | Iron Ore /min (WP) |
Coal /min (WP) |
Sulfur /min (WP) |
Crude Oil m3/min (WP) |
Total WP | Total Energy /item (MJ) |
Space (m2) |
Building counts |
Sink value input (item) |
Sink value input (ore) |
Sink value output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 60 (8.53 ) |
60 (19.92 ) |
- | - | 28.45 | 42.97 | 136.79 | 1.53 | 240 | 240 | 480 |
| Coke | 45 (6.39 ) |
- | - | 11.25 (9.62 ) |
16.01 | 46.7 | 220.32 | 1.48 | 945 | 123.75 | 480 |
| Compacted | 36 (5.12 ) |
18 (5.98 ) |
18 (26.32 ) |
- | 37.41 | 49.37 | 262.05 | 2.44 | 540 | 290 | 480 |
| Solid | 21.54 (3.06 ) |
40 (13.28 ) |
- | - | 16.34 | 47.63 | 261.63 | 1.82 | 200 | 141.54 | 480 |
- 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.
- Building space and building count are summed for all buildings, excluding belts, pipes, power poles, power lines and other logistic infrastructures. The lower the better.
- Energy for sinking byproducts are considered, assuming using Conveyor Belt Mk.5.
- Although Coke Steel Ingot has slightly lower WP than Solid Steel Ingot, it has more weighted Oil usage than its base resource, Iron Ore. Thus, Solid Steel Ingot will be chosen when it is involved in higher tier item analysis.
Usage[]
Crafting[]
| Recipe | Ingredients | Building | Products | Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 × Steel Ingot 60 / min | Constructor 3 sec | 2 ×  Empty Canister 40 / min 6 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport | |||||||||||||
3 × Steel Ingot 7.5 / min | 2 ×  Plastic 5 / min | Assembler 24 sec | 18 ×  Iron Plate 45 / min 20 MJ/item | Tier 5 - Oil Processing | ||||||||||||
1 × Steel Ingot 12 / min | Constructor 5 sec | 4 ×  Iron Rod 48 / min 5 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | |||||||||||||
4 × Steel Ingot 60 / min | Constructor 4 sec × 2 | 1 ×  Steel Beam 15 / min 16 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | |||||||||||||
3 × Steel Ingot 30 / min | Constructor 6 sec × 3 | 2 ×  Steel Pipe 20 / min 12 MJ/item | Tier 3 - Basic Steel Production | |||||||||||||
AWESOME Sink[]
Tips[]
- Solid Steel is the most efficient recipe, due to conserving Coal which is the rarer component and allowing for the incorporation with a ratio of Iron Ore to ingot greater than 1:1.
- If a large Iron Ingot pipeline is already established, a Solid Steel foundry can draw from that rather than requiring a separate ore stream.
- Solid Steel can also take advantage of the Iron Alloy Ingot or Pure Iron Ingot alternate recipes, increasing ore efficiency even further.
- Compacted Steel can become useful in mid-to-late-game if Sulfur is available in sufficient amounts.
- Steel is better than iron for most purposes (using alternate recipes), but iron is better for making Iron Plates, and can also be made into Wire, while steel cannot.
Gallery[]
Schematic of above steel production.
A mid-game steel production setup.
The calculator showing the above setup.
History[]
- Patch 0.3: Increased the amount of product from two to three, buffing it by 50%. A new alternate recipe is added.
