Grinding and crushing transform solid inputs into processed outputs. The Millstone is compact and approachable; Crushing Wheels enable stronger industrial crushing lines.
Workflow
- Feed input by belt, chute, funnel or direct placement depending on the setup.
- Use storage and filtering downstream when recipes yield multiple products.
- Crushing is a natural first step in ore-processing factories served by freight lines.
Design
- Keep dangerous crushing zones fenced or visually marked in shared workshops.
Production-line design
- Every process has an input position, an operation condition and an output path.
- Buffering at depots, vaults or chests prevents one slow stage from freezing the whole line.
Recipe verification
- Use the recipe viewer to confirm steps and required heat or fluids.
- Use Ponder to see how the machine expects items to be presented.
Processing as modules
A processing cell should make four things obvious: its input, its required condition, its operation and its output. For example, a press needs items placed under its working head; a basin process needs ingredients, powered operation and sometimes heat.
Once one cell is reliable, repeat or connect cells using belts, chutes, funnels, arms and storage. Modular processing lines are easier to upgrade, supply by train and sell from a player market.
Throughput and storage
Higher speed is useful only when every downstream stage can accept the results. When a line stalls, the apparent failure may be a full output inventory rather than the machine that stopped moving.