Steel Gearbox

Provides speed and torque conversions from a rotating power source to another device.

Notes

The Steel Gearbox is a mechanical component used to transmit rotational power with speed and torque adjustments. It is a required ingredient for several advanced machines including the Industrial Elevator, Sensor Based Belt Sorter, Valve, and Wind Turbine. As it appears in multiple late-game recipes, stocking a supply of Steel Gearboxes is advisable to avoid production bottlenecks.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Industry level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Precision Tooling (Industry Lv 3) Electrical Efficiency (Industry Lv 6)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Steel Bar	8	item
Steel Gear	4	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Iron Scrap	0.45
Plastic 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	100 calories
Craft time	2 min
Throughput	≈ 30 Steel Gearbox / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 4× Iron 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

• 160× Limestone
• 112× Wood (any)
• 65.63× Iron Ore
• 60× Quicklime
• 24.59× Clay
• 2.67× Steel Bar
• 1.5× Silica (any)

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

Categories

• Ingredient
• Parts
• Product

Obtained from

• Steel Gearbox

Used in

• Valve

• Sensor Based Belt Sorter

• Industrial Elevator
• Wind Turbine

See also

Advanced CircuitAdvanced Combustion EngineBasic CircuitBoilerCoarse StoneCombustion Engine

Beneath the iron casing, steel teeth find their grip—the quiet pulse that turns one motion into another, and ordinary work into industry.