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The speed of the Smeltery is constant based only on the type of material being melted. While processing, it consumes Lava at a rate of 30L/4s. Number of items being processed does not affect the Smeltery's fuel consumption, thus a larger Smeltery is more efficient as the number of simultaneous items is equal to one per interior block volume. A 3x3 footprint is suggested as the standard size.
Items to be melted can be manually placed into the Controller, or added via a Hopper, pipe or conduit. To change what fluid is output if there are multiple, open the Controller's GUI and right-click on the desired fluid in the tank. Hold shift to see quantities displayed in mb instead of ingots/nuggets. To output fluid, right-click on a Faucet with a valid cast or basin recipe for the bottom-most liquid in the Controller. Alternately, fluid pipes or fluid conduit can be used to move fluids from the Smeltery into Casting Basin(s) or Casting Table(s), or the Faucets can be pulsed with a [[Redstone Clock]] for continuous output. Hoppers or other [[item logistics]] can also pull items out of Casting Basins and Casting Tables, for full automation.
To use a Casting Table, Casts are required. These can only be made out of Aluminum Brass, which is an alloy of copper and aluminium. The Smeltery automatically alloys any molten fluids in its inventory. To make a cast, pour Molten Aluminum Brass over an appropriate item. The item will be lost in the process, but casts are infinitely reusable. Use Cobblestone in the Part Builder whenever possible for sacrificial cast making parts.
The Casting Basin makes blocks, but has very limited uses in GT:NH. The primary one is glass, followed by Brownstone for faster paths and Seared Stone for expanding the Smeltery. Metal blocks are restricted to the [[Compressor]]. Melting stone is slow and takes twenty blocks to yield one Seared Stone, but does have the advantage of being automatic vs. crafting more grout and bricks.
== Limitations ==
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