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Refinery
Icon Block Refinery

Category: Facility
Status: Functional

Function:
Used to process ores into useful ingots for the Icon Block Assembler Assembler.

Fits large ship and station
Mass: 25,208 kg
Capacity: 7,500 L
Power: Standby -1 kW
Active -560 kW

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The Icon Block Refinery Refinery is a block in Space Engineers, necessary for converting raw ores into useful refined materials.

The Refinery can process all ore types while the similar Icon Block Basic Refinery Basic Refinery (now called the Basic Refinery) only processes iron, nickel, cobalt, silicon, magnesium and stone; however, it can process those ores faster than the Refinery and uses less electricity.

Usage

The Refinery takes raw ores and turns them into refined materials, which the Assembler can use to create components and tools. To begin the process, simply place the ores into its input (top) inventory.

Much like the Medical Room, the Refinery is another key target on a raid of an enemy vessel or station, due to the immense amount of Steel Plates required to build it, and its likelihood of containing valuable minerals inside of it, like Platinum or Uranium Ore.

The Refinery works at maximum speed when supplied with 560 kW of power. Supplying it with less will cause it to stutter and process ores more slowly, but it will still be functional.

Inventory

With Realistic settings, the Refinery has two inventories, both with a capacity of 7,500 L on large ships and stations. The input inventory accepts ore type items. The output inventory accepts material type items, typically ones that have just been processed.

If attached to a conveyor system or directly to other inventories, the input container is flagged to receive pushed items from other inventories. The output inventory is flagged to send pulled items to other blocks. It will automatically issue pull requests if it is running out of ores to refine. If its output is getting full, it will automatically issue push requests.[1]

Placement

The Refinery takes up a 2x2x4 block space, having a square footprint and being quite tall. It has 4 inventory panels: one on the front near the base, one on the back, one on the bottom face and one on the top. When placed, it attaches to blocks on its top and bottom face, as well as the first block around its base on the other four sides.

Conversion

During the conversion process from ore to Ingot a bit of the mass of the raw material is lost. For example; 1000 kg of Uranium Ore will not give you 1000 kg of Uranium Ingots. The following table will present the percentage of how much of the raw material gets converted into the refined product.

Raw material (ores) Conversion ratio Refined material
Stone 1.4% Gravel
3% Iron ingots
0.24% Nickel ingots
0.4% Silicon wafers
Scrap Metal 80% Iron Ingots
Iron 70% Iron ingots
Silicon 70% Silicon wafers
Nickel 40% Nickel ingots
Cobalt 30% Cobalt ingots
Silver 10% Silver ingots
Gold 1% Gold ingots
Uranium 1% Uranium ingots
Magnesium 0.7% Magnesium powder
Platinum 0.5% Platinum ingots

To clarify: 1000 kg of Uranium Ore will give you 10 kg of Uranium Ingots, 1000 kg of Iron Ore will give you 700 kg of Iron Ingots, etc...

Production/Consumption Rates

Refining different materials does not happen at the same rate. For example; Iron Ingots are produced at a much faster rate than Uranium Ingots. The following table will present both the consumption and production of the different materials through the refinery at "Realistic" speed.

Input (ores) Kilograms CONSUMED per hour Seconds to CONSUME one kilogram --- Kilograms PRODUCED per hour Seconds to PRODUCE one kilogram Output(Ingots)
Stone 468000 0.008 6552 0.55 Gravel
14040 0.256 Iron Ingot
1123.2 3.205 Nickel Ingot
1872 1.923 Silicon Wafer
Scrap Metal 117000 0.03 93600 0.04 Iron Ingot
Iron 93600 0.04 65520 0.055 Iron Ingot
Gold 11700 0.31 117 30.77 Gold Ingot
Silicon 7800 0.46 5460 0.66 Silicon Wafer
Magnesium 9360 0.38 65.5 54.95 Magnesium Powder
Silver 4680 0.77 468 7.69 Silver Ingot
Nickel 7091 0.51 2836.4 1.27 Nickel Ingot
Platinum 1560 2.31 7.8 461.54 Platinum Ingot
Cobalt 1560 2.31 468 7.69 Cobalt Ingot
Uranium 1170 3.08 11.7 307.69 Uranium Ingot


Upgrade Modules

On May 7, 2015, update 1.081 brought upgrade modules to the game in order to improve some of the capabilities of the Refinery. You can attach up to 4 of those modules and in order for them to be active, the attachment points at the bottom of the module must be connected to two of the attachment points on the Refinery.

The Icon Block Speed Module Speed Module will increase the speed at which the refinery works by 100% but will also increase the power consumption of that Refinery by 100% per module added to it (Up to a maximum of 500% increase). This can effectively turn one Refinery into an high-speed processing block but ramping the energy usage up from 560 kW to 2,800 kW. It will, however, save space, building materials and, since Refineries can affect performance when in large numbers, it will also help save CPU power on your machine.

The Icon Block Yield Module Yield Module will increase not the speed but rather the efficiency of the refining process up to 200%. Also, it will not increase the power consumption of the Refinery, and will save some trips to your mines. It's important to note that the effectiveness module affect the conversion rate, which cannot go higher than 100%. This means that if you have a 200% boost and you refine Iron Ore, which already has a conversion rate of 70%, you won't get 140% conversion rate but it will rather cap at 100% meaning every kg of Iron Ore that you process will result in a kg of Iron Ingots.

The Icon Block Power Efficiency Module Power Efficiency Module does exactly what it says by reducing the power usage of the Refinery by a certain amount. This can be very useful if you are running on solar power alone, especially at the beginning of the game, but as the game progress, Uranium becomes easier to find and power consumption is no longer an issue, therefore rendering this module a bit obsolete in a regular world. That said, on some servers where the Uranium Ore is extremely hard to get, this module can be a life saver since it will reduce the power consumption of the Refinery from 560 kW down to a mere 112 kW. But when refining uranium productivity modules provide more power per ore and hour.

Finally, those modules can be mixed and matched any way you want. For instance, you could add 1 Productivity Module, 1 Power Efficiency Module and 2 Effectiveness Module to the Refinery to get 200% increase to the speed while keeping the power consumption low and refining more ores per kg.

Recipe

Icon Block Refinery Refinery
ComponentLarge Ship/Station
Required
Large Ship/Station
Optional
Icon Item Computer Computer20
Icon Item Metal Grid Metal Grid20
Icon Item Motor Motor16
Icon Item Large Steel Tube Large Steel Tube20
File:Icon Item Construction Component.png Construction Component40
Icon Item Steel Plate Steel Plate1,100100

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Functional Blocks

Cockpits & Control
Icon Block Cockpit Cockpit, Icon Block Fighter Cockpit Fighter Cockpit, Icon Block Control Station Control Station, Icon Block Flight Seat Flight Seat, Icon Block Helm Helm, Icon Block Saddle Cockpit Saddle Cockpit, Icon Block Saddle Cockpit Compact Saddle Cockpit Compact, Icon Block Cab Cockpit Cab Cockpit, Icon Block Buggy Cockpit Buggy Cockpit, Icon Block Rover Cockpit Rover Cockpit, Icon Block Passenger Seat Passenger Seat, Icon Block Control Panel Control Panel, Icon Block Control Panel Pedestal Control Panel Pedestal, Icon Block Vertical Button Panel Vertical Button Panel, Icon Block Sci-Fi One-Button Terminal Sci-Fi One-Button Terminal, Icon Block Sci-Fi Four-Button Panel Sci-Fi Four-Button Panel, Icon Block Sci-Fi Control Panel Sci-Fi Control Panel, (Icon Block Inset Button Panel Inset) Icon Block Button Panel Button Panel, Icon Block Button Panel Pedestal Button Panel Pedestal, Icon Block Remote Control Remote Control, Icon Block Custom Turret Controller Custom Turret Controller

Automation
Icon Block Sensor Sensor, Icon Block Timer Block Timer Block, Icon Block Programmable Block Programmable Block, Icon Block Event Controller Event Controller, Icon Block Emotion Controller Emotion Controller, Icon Block AI Basic AI Basic, Icon Block AI Flight AI Flight, Icon Block AI Defensive AI Defensive, Icon Block AI Offensive AI Offensive, Icon Block AI Recorder AI Recorder

Communication
Icon Block Antenna Antenna, Icon Block Beacon Beacon, Icon Block Round Beacon Round Beacon, (Icon Block Top Mounted Camera Top Mounted) Icon Block Camera Camera, Icon Block Laser Antenna Laser Antenna, Icon Block LCD Panel LCD Panel, Icon Block Corner LCD Corner LCD, Icon Block Text Panel Text Panel, Icon Block Wide LCD Panel Wide LCD Panel, Icon Block Transparent LCD Transparent LCD, Icon Block Sci-Fi LCD Panel Sci-Fi LCD Panel, Icon Block Holo LCD Holo LCD, Icon Block Inset LCD Panel Inset LCD Panel, Icon Block Sloped LCD Panel Sloped LCD Panel, Icon Block Curved LCD Panel Curved LCD Panel, Icon Block Ore Detector Ore Detector, Icon Block Sound Block Sound Block

Defense & Offense
Icon Block Decoy Decoy, Icon Block Gatling Gun Gatling Gun, Icon Block Gatling Turret Gatling Turret, Icon Block Interior Turret Interior Turret, Icon Block Rocket Turret Rocket Turret, Icon Block Reloadable Rocket Launcher Reloadable Rocket Launcher, Icon Block Rocket Launcher Rocket Launcher, Icon Block Artillery Artillery, Icon Block Autocannon Autocannon, Icon Block Artillery Turret Artillery Turret, Icon Block Autocannon Turret Autocannon Turret, Icon Block Railgun Railgun, Icon Block Assault Cannon Assault Cannon, Icon Block Assault Cannon Turret Assault Cannon Turret, Icon Block Target Dummy Target Dummy, Icon Block Warhead Warhead, Icon Block Explosive Barrel Explosive Barrel

Power
Icon Block Battery Battery, Icon Block Small Battery Small Battery, Icon Block Large Reactor Large Reactor, Icon Block Small Reactor Small Reactor, Icon Block Solar Panel Solar Panel, Icon Block Colorable Solar Panel Colorable Solar Panel, Icon Block Hydrogen Engine Hydrogen Engine, Icon Block Wind Turbine Wind Turbine, Icon Block Twin-Blade Wind Turbine Twin-Blade Wind Turbine

Life Support
Icon Block Medical Room Medical Room, Icon Block Corner Medical Room Corner Medical Room, Icon Block Survival Kit Survival Kit, Icon Block Cryo Chamber Cryo Chamber, Icon Block Inset Cryo Room Inset Cryo Room, Icon Block Oxygen Farm Oxygen Farm, Icon Block Interior Light Interior Light, Icon Block Offset Light Offset Light, Icon Block Spotlight Spotlight, Icon Block Offset Spotlight Offset Spotlight, Icon Block Inset Light Inset Light, Icon Block Air Vent Air Vent (Icon Block Air Vent Full Full), Icon Block Air Vent Fan Air Vent Fan (Icon Block Air Vent Fan Full Full)

Mobility
Icon Block Gyroscope Gyroscope, Icon Block Atmospheric Thruster Atmospheric Thruster, Icon Block Ion Thruster Ion Thruster, Icon Block Hydrogen Thruster Hydrogen Thruster, Icon Block Parachute Hatch Parachute Hatch, Icon Block Short Wheel Suspension 1x1 (Short) Icon Block Wheel Suspension 1x1 Wheel Suspension 1x1, Icon Block Short Wheel Suspension 2x2 (Short) Icon Block Wheel Suspension 2x2 Wheel Suspension 2x2, Icon Block Short Wheel Suspension 3x3 (Short) Icon Block Wheel Suspension 3x3 Wheel Suspension 3x3, Icon Block Short Wheel Suspension 5x5 (Short) Icon Block Wheel Suspension 5x5 Wheel Suspension 5x5, Icon Block Offroad Wheels Offroad Wheels

Mining & Manufacturing
Icon Block Basic Refinery Basic Refinery, Icon Block Refinery Refinery, Icon Block Basic Assembler Basic Assembler, Icon Block Assembler Assembler, Icon Block Drill Drill, Icon Block Grinder Block Grinder Block, Icon Block Welder Block Welder Block, Icon Block Projector Projector, Icon Block O2 H2 Generator O2/H2 Generator, Icon Block Oxygen Farm Oxygen Farm, Icon Block Yield Module Yield Module, Icon Block Power Efficiency Module Power Efficiency Module, Icon Block Speed Module Speed Module

Storage
Icon Block Large Cargo Container Large Cargo Container, Icon Block Medium Cargo Container Medium Cargo Container, Icon Block Small Cargo Container Small Cargo Container, Icon Block Oxygen Tank Oxygen Tank, Icon Block Hydrogen Tank Hydrogen Tank, Icon Block Store Store, Icon Block Contracts Block Contracts Block

Inventory Management
Icon Block Connector Connector, Icon Block Small Connector Small Connector/Ejector, Icon Block Collector Collector, Icon Block Conveyor Junction Conveyor Junction, Icon Block Conveyor Tube Conveyor Tube Icon Block Reinforced Conveyor Tube (Reinforced), Icon Block Curved Conveyor Tube Curved Conveyor Tube Icon Block Reinforced Curved Conveyor Tube (Reinforced), Icon Block Conveyor Tube T Junction Conveyor Tube T Junction Icon Block Reinforced Conveyor Tube T Junction (Reinforced), Icon Block Conveyor Sorter Conveyor Sorter; Icon Block Small Conveyor Small Conveyor, Icon Block Small Conveyor Tube Small Conveyor Tube Icon Block Small Reinforced Conveyor Tube (Reinforced), Icon Block Small Curved Conveyor Tube Small Curved Conveyor Tube Icon Block Small Reinforced Curved Conveyor Tube (Reinforced), Icon Block Small Conveyor Tube T Junction Small Conveyor Tube T Junction Icon Block Small Reinforced Conveyor Tube T Junction (Reinforced), Icon Block Conveyor Sorter Small Conveyor Sorter; Icon Block Conveyor Frame Conveyor Frame, Icon Block Conveyor Converter Conveyor Converter

Mechanical Blocks & Gravity Control
Icon Block Advanced Rotor Advanced Rotor, Icon Block Rotor Rotor, Icon Block Piston Piston, Icon Block Hinge Hinge, Icon Block Landing Gear Landing Gear, Icon Block Magnetic Plate Magnetic Plate, Icon Block Merge Block Merge Block, Icon Block Artificial Mass Artificial Mass, Icon Block Gravity Generator Gravity Generator, Icon Block Spherical Gravity Generator Spherical Gravity Generator, Icon Block Safe Zone Safe Zone


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