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Arc Furnace

Melts metals via a powerful electric arc. The arc is deployed using graphite anodes that are partially spent during the process due to the high heat. Beware that the furnace consumes a significant amount of power. It would be polity to notify your local power plan before turning this on.

Construction	140 + 120
Workers	12
Electricity	1 MW
Maintenance	4.0 / 60
Footprint	9x6
Required Research	Silicon
Designation	Metallurgy & Smelting
Variants	Arc Furnace II

An Arc Furnace is a machine used to convert Quartz into Molten Silicon for the later creation of Silicon (Poly) in a Silicon Reactor. It requires Coal and Graphite while producing Slag and Exhaust byproducts. As Silicon (Poly) is a strict requirement for Electronics, the Arc Furnace or its Arc Furnace II variant is necessary for their production.

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General Machines	Brickworks Concrete Mixer [II, III] Mixer [II] Assembly (Manual) [Electric, Electric II, Robotic, Robotic II] Air Separator Microchip Machine [II] Mainframe Computer Data Center Fermentation Tank Settling Tank
Water Extraction & Processing	Rainwater Harvester Groundwater Pump Seawater Pump [Tall] Boiler (Coal) [Gas, Electric] Evaporation Pond [Heated] Thermal Desalinator Water Chiller Electrolyzer [II] Cooling Tower [Large] Thermal Storage
Food Production	Greenhouse [II] Farm [Irrigated] Chicken Farm Mill Food Processor Baking Unit
Metallurgy & Smelting	Coal Maker Crusher [Large] Rotary Kiln [Gas] Arc Furnace [II] Blast Furnace [II] Cooled Caster [II] Metal Caster [II] Copper Electrolysis Oxygen Furnace [II] Glass Maker [II] Silicon Crystallizer Silicon Reactor Gold Furnace
Power Production	Diesel Generator [II] Power Generator [Large] Flywheel Super-Pressure Turbine High-Pressure Turbine [II] Low-Pressure Turbine [II] Nuclear Reactor [II, FBR] Enrichment Plant Nuclear Reprocessing Plant Solar Panel [Mono]
Crude Oil Refining	Basic Distiller Oil Pump Chemical Plant [II] Distillation (Stage I) [Stage II, Stage III] Rubber Maker Cracking Unit Hydrogen Reformer Sour Water Stripper Polymerization Plant
Waste Management	Smoke Stack [Large] Liquid Dump Flare Exhaust Scrubber Wastewater Treatment Anaerobic Digester Burner (Solid) Waste Sorting Plant Gas Injection Pump Compactor Shredder Incineration Plant
Transports	Flat Conveyor [II, III] U-shape Conveyor [II, III] Pipe [II, III] Molten Channel Flat Balancer Flat Sorter U-shape Balancer U-shape Sorter Molten Balancer Pipe Balancer Stacker
Storage	Unit Storage [II, III, IV] Loose Storage [II, III, IV] Fluid Storage [II, III, IV] Radioactive Waste Storage
Buildings	Research Lab [II, III, IV, V] Beacon Captain's Office I [II] Maintenance Depot [Basic, II, III] Rocket Assembly Depot Rocket Launch Pad
Buildings (For Vehicles)	Vehicles Depot [II, III] Mine Control Tower Forestry Control Tower Fuel Station [II, III] Vehicle Ramp (Small) [Medium, Large] Retaining Wall Barrier
Housing & Services	Housing [II, III] Food Market [II] Household Goods Module Household Appliances Module Consumer Electronics Module Water Facility Transformer Waste Collection Recyclables Collection Biomass Collection Clinic Square
Cargo Docks	Unit Module (S) [M, L] Loose Module (S) [M, L] Fluid Module (S) [M, L] Cargo Depot (2) [4, 6, 8] Trading Dock Shipyard
Landmarks	The Statue of Maintenance [Golden] Tomb of Captains
Planned or Proposed	Cargo Rocket T1 [T2] Crew Capsule Crew Quarters Module Housing V Maintenance Module Reverse Osmosis Solar Power Module Stardust Test Module Stargate Stardust Return Module Space Modules Depot
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