Crushing Wheels Automation for Ores and Coal Dust
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Crushing in Create Nuclear utilizes contra-rotating crushing wheels to pulverize raw ores, graphite, and coal into fine dusts for chemical processing.
Crushing Wheel Mechanics and Setup
Industrial milling in Create Nuclear relies on paired mechanical crushing wheels driven by high-torque kinetic shafts:
- Mount two crushing wheels facing each other with an open one-block intake gap between their rotating rims.
- Power the wheels using gearboxes and shafts so their faces rotate inward toward the central gap at 128 RPM.
- Drop raw materials into the top intake chute using conveyor belts, item funnels, or hoppers.
- The inward grinding action pulverizes rocks and minerals into fine powdered components within seconds.
- Position a brass chute or hopper beneath the crushing wheels to catch crushed outputs and route them to sorting bays.
- Using rotation speed controllers to run crushing wheels at maximum RPM maximizes item throughput and eliminates conveyor bottlenecks.
- Crushing wheels operate with high stress capacity, demanding steady rotational power from steam engines or water wheels.
Mineral Pulverization and Dust Recipes
Crushing processes diverse mineral inputs into vital chemical precursors:
- Feed lumps of standard
Coal into the crushing wheels to grind the fuel into fine 
Coal Dust. - Coal Dust is an essential carbon catalyst used when refining nuclear graphite and synthesizing reactor moderator rods.
- Grind chunks of
Raw Lead through the wheels to produce fine 
Crushed Raw Lead for high-efficiency blast smelting. - Pulverize
Raw Copper into 
Crushed Raw Copper and 
Raw Zinc into 
Crushed Raw Zinc for alloy production. - Pulverized ore powders melt faster in blast furnaces and yield bonus nuggets during secondary washing stages.
Automating Fuel Recycling and Plant Logistics
Integrating crushing lines into your central plant layout maximizes mineral conservation:
- Install smart brass funnels with item filters above crushing intakes to automatically divert coal and raw ores.
- Enclose the crushing pit behind reinforced glass viewing panels to prevent players from accidentally falling into the grinding gap.
- Connecting item sorting filters beneath the crushing chute automatically diverts fine coal dust directly into fuel rod fabrication matrixes.
- Direct output dusts through pneumatic pipes straight into chemical mixers and compacting basins.
- Continuous automated crushing keeps reactor fuel fabrication lines supplied with necessary graphite and lead components.
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