Froth Floatation Cell

WorldObject

A tool for miners to concentrate ore. The run off produces wet tailings.

Notes

The Froth Floatation Cell is a mid-to-late-game industrial object used by miners to concentrate ores — it processes Copper, Gold, and Iron into their Level 2 concentrated forms, and also produces the Mining Modern Upgrade module. Placed as a 4x4x4 grid-aligned structure, it accepts both Mining Modern and Modern Upgrade modules to improve efficiency. Be aware that its operation generates wet tailings, a pollution byproduct that must be stored or managed to avoid contaminating the surrounding soil and water.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Upgrade modules (one per slot)

Basic (none)Basic Upgrade (−10% cost · −5% labor · −25% time)Advanced (none)Advanced Upgrade (−10% cost · −10% labor · −35% time)Modern (none)Modern Upgrade (−15% cost · −10% labor · −50% time)Specialty (none)Electronics Upgrade (−5% cost · −25% time)

Electronics level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Ceramic Safety (Electronics Lv 3) Heavy Equipment (Electronics Lv 6)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Steel Plate	15	item
Steel Pipe	20	item
Advanced Circuit	10	item
Fuse	2	item
Electric Motor	1	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	3.5
Gold Scrap	0.4
Copper Scrap	0.27
Plastic Scrap	0.16
Electronic Scrap	0.08
Glass Scrap	0.03

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	120 calories
Craft time	5 min
Throughput	≈ 12 Froth Floatation Cell / hour (base)

As a placed object

Requires connection ports — highlighted below.

Accepts upgrade modules

• Mining Modern Upgrade
• Modern Upgrade

Crafted here

• Concentrate Copper Lv2
• Concentrate Gold Lv2
• Concentrate Iron Lv2
• Dissolve Electronic Scrap
• Mining Modern Upgrade
• Reprocess Dry Tailings
• Reprocess Wet Tailings

Recycling & waste

• 15× Iron Scrap
• 2× Copper Scrap
• 2× Gold Scrap
• 1× Electronic Scrap
• 1× Plastic Scrap
• 0.4× Glass Scrap

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

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Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 2330× Limestone
• 1289.34× Silica (any)
• 939.38× Iron Ore
• 697.67× Wood (any)
• 687.5× Gold Ore
• 626.67× Crushed Limestone
• 370.98× Clay
• 273.75× Quicklime
• 200× Natural Fiber (any)
• 109.38× Copper Ore
• 16× Wood Board (any)
• 12.17× Steel Bar

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

• Crafting Table
• Housing Objects
• Industrial
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• Product
• Usable
• World Object

Obtained from

• Froth Floatation Cell

See also

Advanced Carpentry TableAdvanced Masonry TableAdvanced Tailoring TableAnvilArrastraAssembly Line