Encased Industrial Beam

Encased Industrial Beam is a mid-game component created by embedding Steel in Concrete. It is used for Conveyor Belts Mk.4 (and Lifts), buildings, Heavy Modular Frames, Uranium Fuel Rods and some alternate recipes.
== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
=== Alternate recipes analysis ===
The following shows different ways to produce 1 Encased Industrial Beam / second, or 60 / min:
Recipe 	Iron Ore</br>/min (WP)	Coal</br>/min (WP)	Limestone</br>/min (WP)	Total WP	Total Energy</br>/item (MJ)	Space</br>(m)	Building</br>counts
Default	344.62</br>(48.97) 	640</br>(207.12) 	450</br>(85.13) 	341.22 	1229.95 	6939 	55.60
Pipe 	226.15</br>(32.13) 	420</br>(135.92) 	450</br>(85.13) 	253.18 	1063.48 	6917 	56.71
* Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: (resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. The lower the better.
* Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
* Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
* Among multiple ways to produce each of the ingredient, the recipe with the lowest WP is chosen. The exception is mentioned below:
** Steel Ingot#Alternate recipes analysis
** Concrete#Alternate recipes analysis - Wet Concrete
== Usage ==
=== Research ===
=== Crafting ===
=== AWESOME Sink ===
== Trivia ==
* 43 Encased Industrial Beams are used in Drop Pods.
== Tips ==
* It is encouraged to automate this item with Alternate: Encased Industrial Pipe once available, as it consumes fewer Steel Ingots.
* Comparison between original recipes and alternate recipes for crafting 1 Encased Industrial Beam:
- 	 	 	 	
Original recipes 	16 	16 	15 	-
Alternate recipes	3.77	7.0 	7.5	8.4
Usage (%) 	23.6	43.8	50 	N/A
Using alternate recipes, there is a trade-off between resource efficiency vs. Space and Power usage.
* This requires Pure Iron Ingot, Solid Steel Ingot, Wet Concrete and Encased Industrial Pipe.
== Gallery ==
File:Reinforced Steel Plate.png|The icon for Reinforced Steel Plate, before it was changed to Encased Industrial Beam.
== History ==
* Patch 0.1: Changed from Reinforced Steel Plate to Encased Industrial Beam, changed recipe (previously made with Screws instead of Concrete). Its previous icon is now used for the Heat Sink.
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