Crushing, Pulverizing, and Washing Ores into Dusts and Nuggets
Overview
This guide covers the ore processing machines in Oritech that convert raw materials into dusts, clumps, and nuggets. Each machine uses a different method and yields different results, so choosing the right one depends on your target output and available resources.
Crushing
The Crushing machine is the simplest processor, with a small recipe set focused on basic dust production. It handles seven recipes, all of which output a single dust from a solid input. Coal becomes 
Coal Dust, while copper, gold, iron, nickel, and platinum ingots each produce their corresponding metal dust. Nether Quartz is also crushed into 
Quartz Dust. Use this machine when you need a straightforward conversion without extra byproducts.
Pulverizing
The Pulverizing machine is far more versatile, with 124 recipes. It shares many conversions with Crushing, such as ingots to dusts, but adds a wide range of organic and ore-based transformations. Examples include:
Wheat Seeds into 
Biomass, or a full storage block of wheat into 16 Biomass.
Packed Wheat also yields 16 Biomass.
Saddles can be broken down into Biomass.
Ink Sacs become 
Black Dye, 
Lapis Lazuli becomes 
Blue Dye, and 
Pitcher Plants become 
Cyan Dye.
Blaze Rods produce 3 
Blaze Powder, and 
Bones produce 6 
Bone Meal.- Ore blocks are more efficient here:
Coal Ore yields 2 Coal, and 
Diamond Ore yields a single 
Diamond. - Raw copper ore materials produce
Copper Dust, while chiseled copper blocks also break down into Copper Dust. - A
Diamond Axe can be pulverized into a Diamond. 
Glowstone produces 3 
Glowstone Dust.- Ender pearls yield 8
Enderic Compound.
Fragmenting
The Fragmenting machine has 114 recipes and often produces larger quantities than Pulverizing. Many inputs are shared, but the outputs are increased or changed. Examples include:
- Blaze Rods yield 4 Blaze Powder, and Bones yield 8 Bone Meal.
- Coal Ore produces 3 Coal, and Diamond Ore yields 2 Diamonds.
- Raw copper materials produce
Copper Clumps instead of dust, and raw gold materials produce 
Gold Clumps. - Glowstone yields 4 Glowstone Dust.
End Stone directly produces Enderic Compound, and ender pearls yield 12 Enderic Compound.- Ingot-to-dust conversions for Adamant, Biosteel, Duratium, Electrum, Energite, and others remain available.
Splashing
The Splashing machine has only four recipes, all focused on washing clumps into nuggets. A 
Nickel Clump washed in this machine produces 9 
Nickel Nuggets. This is the final step for turning raw ore fragments into usable metal pieces.
Choosing a Machine
- For simple dust from ingots, Crushing is sufficient but limited.
- For bulk organic processing or dye production, Pulverizing is the better choice.
- For higher yields per input, especially from ores and blaze rods, use Fragmenting.
- For converting clumps into nuggets, use Splashing.
Note that Centrifuging and Fluid Separation exist as additional processing methods, but their recipes are not covered here.
Covers the mod’s in-game guide topics: Crushing Pulverizing Fragmenting Splashing Centrifuging Fluid Separation
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