Metallurgic Infuser

The Metallurgic Infuser is a machine added by Mekanism and is used to infuse one substance into another. It is an important machine, because it produces components which are required for many other machines and items in Mekanism. For example, it transforms Iron Ingots into Enriched Iron and further into Steel using Coal. The machine is also used as a component in the crafting of the Basic Infusing Factory.

The Metallurgic Infuser requires energy to operate, which can be supplied by placing a generator or energy storage next to it, or via cable. In addition to the machines from Mekanism, the generators, energy storages and cables of all supported power systems (IndustrialCraft 2, Thermal Dynamics, BuildCraft and Tesla) can be used to supply the it.

GUI and Usage
With a right-click on the block, the player opens the GUI.

The purple slot and the fill level indicator to the left are for the consumables. Each transformation requires a specific consumable (e.g. Coal or Redstone), which can be added via the purple slot. The item is consumed immediately and stored in the internal storage of the block, which is displayed by the fill level indicator. Once stored, the consumables cannot be output again. These can only be consumed, or deleted by using the "Dump" button on the right.

The red slot is for the material to be transformed, and the product appears in the blue slot.

The green slot and a fill level indicator on the right side are for the energy. Inside the green slot the player can place e.g. a loaded Basic Energy Cube to power the machine, if no external power supply is connected.

The upper-left button (called "Side Config") opens the configuration of the cube, where the player can set which side should receive energy as well as receive or emits items. Also If a side is disabled, no cable connects on this side. If the player holds the Configurator in his hand, the cube displays a color code on the side the player is looking at. Grey means "Off", green means "Input energy", red means "Input item" and blue means "Output item". With a shift-right-click the player can change the configuration of each side.

The middle-left button (called "Transporter Config") opens a GUI which allows the player to define specific rules for routing items if mechanical pipes are connected.

With the lower-left button the player can change the displayed energy system between Energy Units, Redstone Flux, Minecraft Joules, and Tesla. The change only affects the display, the energy is still available in all forms inside the system.

The upper-right button opens the upgrade GUI. Here the player can add upgrades e.g. the Energy Upgrade to improve energy efficiency.

With the middle-right button the player can configure the access rights for this block.

With the lower-right button the player can change the behavior in conjunction with Redstone. For example if the option is set to "High", then Metallurgic Infuser operates only if a redstone signal reaches the cube.