Heat Sink

Heat Sink
Used to dissipate heat faster.
Unlocked by	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Class name	Desc_AluminumPlateReinforced_C
Item
Stack size	100
Sink points	2,804

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

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Heat Sink	5 × Alclad Aluminum Sheet37.5 / min 3 × Copper Sheet22.5 / min	Assembler 8 sec Craft Bench  × 6	1 × Heat Sink7.5 / min	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Heat Exchanger Alternate	3 × Aluminum Casing30 / min 3 × Rubber30 / min	Assembler 6 sec	1 × Heat Sink10 / min	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	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Cooling System	2 × Heat Sink12 / min 2 × Rubber12 / min 5 × Water30 / min 25 × Nitrogen Gas150 / min	Blender 10 sec	1 × Cooling System6 / min	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Plutonium Fuel Rod	30 × Encased Plutonium Cell7.5 / min 18 × Steel Beam4.5 / min 6 × Electromagnetic Control Rod1.5 / min 10 × Heat Sink2.5 / min	Manufacturer 240 sec	1 × Plutonium Fuel Rod0.25 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
Cooling Device Alternate	5 × Heat Sink9.375 / min 1 × Motor1.875 / min 24 × Nitrogen Gas45 / min	Blender 32 sec	2 × Cooling System3.75 / min	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production
Radio Connection Unit Alternate	4 × Heat Sink15 / min 2 × High-Speed Connector7.5 / min 12 × Quartz Crystal45 / min	Manufacturer 16 sec	1 × Radio Control Unit3.75 / min	Tier 8 - Advanced Aluminum Production OR MAM Caterium Research - AI Limiter

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