Arc Furnace (Immersive Engineering)

The Arc Furnace is a 5x5x5 multi-block added by Immersive Engineering. It is used to quickly smelt Ores, Grit and create Steel and other alloys, as well as to recycle tools and armor.

Construction
The Arc Furnace is fairly complicated to make. It uses 1 Cauldron, 14 Steel Slabs, 25 Blocks of Steel, 13 Light Engineering Blocks 9 Heavy Engineering Blocks and 9 Steel Scaffoldings.



Although it may be tricky to view, only the first layer of the multiblock uses Steel Slabs.

After it is fully arranged, the player must right-click the Cauldron with an Engineer's Hammer, then the multi-block is complete.



Usage
Redstone Flux (RF) is inputted through one (or more) of the three black power-plugs on the backside of the Arc Furnace and the multi-block's processes can be halted via Redstone through the "control panel", the front-leftmost center block. Right-clicking the "vat" part of the multi-block will open the GUI.

The top three slots in the GUI are for Graphite Electrodes. Each should be filled for the Arc Furnace to function properly. Pipes (and similar) can only be used when pumped through the center block on the top of the multi-block.

The left group of twelve slots (in a 3x4 pattern) is the input for metals: Ingots, Grit and Ores. Each slot will have an indicter bar to the right of it to show the progress smelting. Pipes (and similar) can only be used when pumped through the left of the center block on the top of the multi-block.

The last right group of four slots (in a 2x2 pattern) is the input for "additives", extras needed to things like alloys (particularly Steel). Pipes (and similar) can only be used when pumped through the right of the center block on the top of the multi-block.

The last group, the bottom group with 7 slots, is the output of the Arc Furnace. Pipes can pump these outputs out through the bottom-center block of the front of the multi-block (where the Cauldron was during construction), and Slag in particular through the bottom-center block of the back of the multi-block. Slag will be automatically outputted to any inventory adjacent to that block.

The Arc Furnace will start it's processes when it has all three Graphite Electrodes, enough RF and the inputs. Each use will take off 0.21% integrity of each Graphite Electrode.