Encased Industrial Beam

Encased Industrial Beam
Encased Industrial Beams utilizes the compressive strength of concrete and tensile strength of steel simultaneously. Mostly used as a stable basis for constructing buildings.
Unlocked by	Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production
Class name	Desc_SteelPlateReinforced_C
Item
Stack size	100
Sink points	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	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Encased Industrial Beam	4 × Steel Beam24 / min 5 × Concrete30 / min	Assembler 10 sec Craft Bench  × 5	1 × Encased Industrial Beam6 / min	Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production
Encased Industrial Pipe Alternate	7 × Steel Pipe28 / min 5 × Concrete20 / min	Assembler 15 sec	1 × Encased Industrial Beam4 / min	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	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Heavy Modular Frame	5 × Modular Frame10 / min 15 × Steel Pipe30 / min 5 × Encased Industrial Beam10 / min 100 × Screw200 / min	Manufacturer 30 sec Craft Bench  × 9	1 × Heavy Modular Frame2 / min	Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production
Uranium Fuel Rod	50 × Encased Uranium Cell20 / min 3 × Encased Industrial Beam1.2 / min 5 × Electromagnetic Control Rod2 / min	Manufacturer 150 sec	1 × Uranium Fuel Rod0.4 / min	Tier 8 - Nuclear Power
Heavy Encased Frame Alternate	8 × Modular Frame7.5 / min 10 × Encased Industrial Beam9.375 / min 36 × Steel Pipe33.75 / min 22 × Concrete20.625 / min	Manufacturer 64 sec	3 × Heavy Modular Frame2.8125 / min	Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing
Heavy Flexible Frame Alternate	5 × Modular Frame18.75 / min 3 × Encased Industrial Beam11.25 / min 20 × Rubber75 / min 104 × Screw390 / min	Manufacturer 16 sec	1 × Heavy Modular Frame3.75 / min	Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing
Conveyor Belt Mk.4	1 × Encased Industrial Beam	Build Gun	1 × Conveyor Belt Mk.4	Tier 6 - Logistics Mk.4
Conveyor Lift Mk.4	2 × Encased Industrial Beam	Build Gun	1 × Conveyor Lift Mk.4	Tier 6 - Logistics Mk.4
Flood Light Tower	25 × Quickwire 4 × Copper Sheet 8 × Encased Industrial Beam	Build Gun	1 × Flood Light Tower	AWESOME Shop - Flood Lights
Hypertube Entrance	4 × Encased Industrial Beam 4 × Rotor 10 × Steel Pipe	Build Gun	1 × Hypertube Entrance	Tier 4 - Hypertubes
Large Billboard	12 × Encased Industrial Beam 20 × Copper Sheet 5 × Crystal Oscillator	Build Gun	1 × Large Billboard	AWESOME Shop - Billboard Set
Miner Mk.2	2 × Portable Miner 10 × Encased Industrial Beam 20 × Steel Pipe 10 × Modular Frame	Build Gun	1 × Miner Mk.2	Tier 4 - Advanced Steel Production
Oil Extractor	15 × Motor 20 × Encased Industrial Beam 60 × Cable	Build Gun	1 × Oil Extractor	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Pipeline Pump Mk.2	2 × Motor 4 × Encased Industrial Beam 8 × Plastic	Build Gun	1 × Pipeline Pump Mk.2	Tier 6 - Pipeline Engineering Mk.2
Refinery	10 × Motor 10 × Encased Industrial Beam 30 × Steel Pipe 20 × Copper Sheet	Build Gun	1 × Refinery	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Resource Well Pressurizer	200 × Wire 50 × Rubber 50 × Encased Industrial Beam 50 × Motor	Build Gun	1 × Resource Well Pressurizer	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Small Billboard	3 × Encased Industrial Beam 4 × Copper Sheet 1 × Crystal Oscillator	Build Gun	1 × Small Billboard	AWESOME Shop - Billboard Set
Truck	15 × Motor 10 × Circuit Board 5 × Heavy Modular Frame 50 × Rubber 20 × Encased Industrial Beam	Build Gun	1 × Truck	Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing
Wall Mounted Flood Light	25 × Quickwire 4 × Copper Sheet 2 × Encased Industrial Beam	Build Gun	1 × Wall Mounted Flood Light	AWESOME Shop - Flood Lights

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

• 

  The icon for Reinforced Steel Plate, before it was changed to Encased 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.