Heat Sink

A copper plate to draw and disperse heat.

Notes

The Heat Sink is a copper-based component used in the production of the Crane and Radiator recipes. As an Ingredient and Product, it is a lightweight intermediate good that weighs 500 grams and stacks up to 100 items. Players should ensure a steady supply of Heat Sinks when preparing to build advanced machinery, as they are a required material for both construction and temperature-regulation equipment.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Copper Plate	8	item
Copper Wiring	6	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Copper Scrap	0.42

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	60 calories
Craft time	2 min
Throughput	≈ 30 Heat Sink / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 4× Copper Scrap

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

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 43.75× Copper Ore
• 0.63× Clay

Categories

• Ingredient
• Product

Obtained from

• Heat Sink

Used in

• Crane

• Radiator

See also

AcornAdobeAdvanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineAgave LeavesAgave Seed