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 by	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Class name	Desc_AluminumIngot_C
Item
Stack size	100
Sink points	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	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Aluminum Ingot	6 × Aluminum Scrap90 / min 5 × Silica75 / min	Foundry 4 sec Craft Bench  × 6	4 × Aluminum Ingot60 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Pure Aluminum Ingot Alternate	2 × Aluminum Scrap60 / min	Smelter 2 sec	1 × Aluminum Ingot30 / min	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	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Alclad Aluminum Sheet	3 × Aluminum Ingot30 / min 1 × Copper Ingot10 / min	Assembler 6 sec Craft Bench  × 6	3 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet30 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Aluminum Casing	3 × Aluminum Ingot90 / min	Constructor 2 sec Craft Bench  × 2	2 × Aluminum Casing60 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Empty Fluid Tank	1 × Aluminum Ingot60 / min	Constructor 1 sec Craft Bench  × 1	1 × Empty Fluid Tank60 / min	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Alclad Casing Alternate	20 × Aluminum Ingot150 / min 10 × Copper Ingot75 / min	Assembler 8 sec	15 × Aluminum Casing112.5 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Heat-Fused Frame Alternate	1 × Heavy Modular Frame3 / min 50 × Aluminum Ingot150 / min 8 × Nitric Acid24 / min 10 × Fuel30 / min	Blender 20 sec	1 × Fused Modular Frame3 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment

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