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Electric Furnace

Tech Level 44, five points. This is the powered smelter that finally opens Pal Metal and keeps Charcoal, Ingot, Refined Ingot, Pal Metal, and Plasteel moving faster than an Improved Furnace ever will.

The 1.0 build commonly cited is Refined Ingot ×50, Polymer ×20, Bio Battery ×4, and Cryogenic Coolant ×10. Older guides still list Circuit Board and Carbon Fiber instead of Bio Battery and Coolant, so treat those as outdated snapshots when sources disagree.

It needs electricity and a Kindling Pal at the same time. Power draw while running is commonly cited around 500, so pair it with a healthy generator bay before you queue long smelts. Workload for the build sits near 100,000, which is a real Handiwork hit the first time you place one.

Once it's up, treat the furnace as your late-metal hub. Automate ore, coal, quartz, and oil feeds into the same powered corner so Kindling workers stay busy and your armor, tools, and Plasteel crafts never wait on a cold hearth.