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Carbon Rod
alaindustrial:carbon_rod
Summary
The carbon rod is the first rung of the chain where coal stops being fuel. Sixteen coal dust press into one rod in the compressor; two rods are worked with a forge hammer into a double carbon rod.
Mini-example: a stack of coal gives 64 dust → four rods → two doubled ones. Exactly what one briquette needs.
Neither of the two is good for anything else: the rods exist so that coal is spent in stages rather than in one lunge.
| Form | How you get it |
|---|---|
| Rod | compressor: 16 coal dust |
| Double rod | workbench: forge hammer + 2 rods |
Recipes
| Step | Mechanism | In | Out | EU/FE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milling | Macerator | 1 coal | 1 coal dust | 300 |
| Pressing | Compressor | 16 coal dust | 1 rod | 260 |
| Forging | Workbench + forge hammer | 2 rods | 1 double rod | — |
Forging costs no energy at all — the hammer's durability pays. It is the same gesture the mod already uses for a reinforced plate (a hammer plus two ordinary ones), so a player already knows it.
Progression
Rods are available as soon as you have a macerator, a compressor and a hammer. After that you need a Recycler for slag and an alloy smelter — without them the doubled rods sit in a chest as dead weight.
Related
Carbon briquette — what two doubled rods become. Ceramic plate — the next rung. Carbon ceramic — the block at the end of the chain. Forge hammer — the forging tool.
Crafting
CompressingEnergy: 260 EU/FE
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Carbon Rod
Used in
Shapeless Crafting
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Double Carbon Rod