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Heat Sink

Heat Sink

A copper plate to draw and disperse heat.

Weight500 gMax stack100SkillMechanics Lv 2StationShaper

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
IngredientQtyType
Copper Plate8item
Copper Wiring6item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Copper Scrap0.42

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

Crafting

Crafting stats
Labor60 calories
Craft time2 min
Throughput≈ 30 Heat Sink / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

Salvages into (per unit)

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

Steps11Total labor1173.13 calTotal time22.36 min

Categories

Obtained from

Used in

Assembly Line
Electric Stamping Press

See also

Copper that drinks the fire's anger and breathes it out as stillness. Machines run cooler, longer, quieter for its patience.