Macerator

The macerator is a machine which grinds rocks. Most notably, it can be used to convert any ore into 2 dusts, which can in turn be smelted for an ingot each; this gives 2 ingots per ore, while simply smelting gives only 1 ingot per ore. It can also convert stone into cobblestone, cobblestone into gravel, gravel/sandstone into sand, and limestone into bone meal. It requires 30 J/t of energy to run. To complete a single operation (without upgrades), it takes 192 ticks; effectively, the energy needed for a single operation is 5760 J.

If CraftGuide is installed, it is able to display macerator recipies.

The structure for a macerator is a 3x3x3 cube from steel casing. One of the casing blocks must have an energy input (steel casing with energy input) to provide energy to the macerator. The macerator interface block must be placed in the center of one of the sides.

Since MaddTech 1.1, there may also be item input/output blocks and a redstone output block placed in the casing. An item transporter can have its output conencted to the item input of a macerator to move items into the input slot; likewise, the item output can be connected to an item transporter for it to remove items from the output slot. The redstone output emits a redstone signal whenever the input slot is empty, and could for example be connected to the input item transporter to automatically take the next available item from a crate when macerating one item was completed.