Macerator

Macerator
Properties
Type	Machine
Tool
Stackable	Yes (64)
Storage	1 input 1 output 4 upgrade
Upgrades
Energy Consumption
Max EU Input	32 EU/t (LV)
EU Use	2 EU/t
EU Per Operation	600 EU
EU Storage	1200 EU
Technical Details
Operation Length	15 Seconds
UU Cost	{{{uu_cost}}}
First appearance	?
ID	IC2:te@47

The Macerator is the first machine in the IC² ore processing chain. It can also convert some blocks and items into other, potentially more useful resources.

Recipe

Uses

As a basic machine (and also power tier 1), the macerator has a simple GUI with three slots: input, energy item (if needed), and output, shown below.

The macerator's use in the ore processing chain - crushing ore into crushed ore as seen above - is detailed on that page.

A few general notes on recipes:

• Any metal ingot may be macerated into its respective dust, with the exception of  Steel Ingot which returns  Iron Dust (as steel dust doesn't exist).
• Any metal plate (and also obsidian and lapis) may be macerated into 8 tiny piles of dust, except for  Steel Plate which cannot be macerated^{[2.6.130-ex110]}.
• Any dense metal plate (again including obsidian and lapis) may be macerated into 8 dust, with the exception of  Dense Steel Plate which returns 8  Iron Dust.
• Plant matter can often be macerated to produce  Bio Chaff. More detail (and the list of recipes) is available on its page.

Other Macerator recipes

Input	Output
Bio Chaff	Dirt
Blaze Rod	Blaze Powder (x5)
Block of Coal	Coal Dust (x9)
Block of Redstone	Redstone (x9)
Block of Quartz and varieties thereof	Nether Quartz (x4)
Bone	Bone Meal (x4)
Clay (Block)	Clay Dust (x2)
Coal	Coal Dust
Cobblestone	Sand
Coffee Beans	Coffee Powder (x3)
Diamond	Diamond Dust
Energy Crystal	Energium Dust (x9)
Fuel Rod (Empty)	Iron Dust
Glowstone	Glowstone Dust (x4)
Gravel	Flint
Ice	Snowball
Iridium Ore	Iridium Shard (x9)
Lapis Lazuli	Lapis Lazuli Dust
Lapis Lazuli Block	Lapis Lazuli Dust (x9)
Obsidian	Obsidian Dust
Poisonous Potato	Grin Powder
Quartz Stairs	Nether Quartz (x6)
Sandstone	Sand
Spider Eye	Grin Powder (x2)
Stone	Cobblestone
Tin Can (x2)	Tin Dust
Wool	String (x2)

Trivia

• The Macerator gives off dust particle effects while in use.
• If you're in a squeeze and you need a little power, the Macerator accepts  Redstone in the energy item slot, which will be consumed to provide 800 EU.

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The grinding pressure of the Macerator is kept at a modest 50 gibbl.

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History

Version	Changes
Industrial Craft
The recipe of a Macerator was:
Industrial Craft²
0.90	The Macerator is re-released with the current recipe.
1.337	The Macerator gives off dust particles while in use.