Large Molecular Assembler

The Large Molecular Assembler (LMA) is an IV tier multiblock for mass auto-crafting in an AE2 network. The LMA is a direct upgrade of the molecular assembler because it runs up to 256 parallels per 0.25s for a maximum production speed of 1,024 crafts per second. That is 102.4x faster than a regular molecular assembler with five acceleration cards. Patterns are supplied to the LMA through an input bus and/or crafting pattern provider which means the total capacity scales with the tier and amount of buses. However, most crafting recipes have assembler equivalents which are significantly faster so only a few UHV crafting pattern providers are ever needed for even the Stargate.

The LMA has no tiered components. The glass must be vibrant quartz glass specifically--nothing else is supported. The interior of the structure is entirely mandatory air for the machine to display the currently active recipe similar to the singleblock molecular assembler. Multi-amp and laser energy hatches are not supported, but there can be multiple regular energy hatches for overclocking. Right-click the controller with a screwdriver to disable animations, or press the button inside the controller. Use the Multiblock Structure Hologram Projector to visualize/build the structure.

Unique to the LMA is the crafting pattern provider which holds patterns similar to an input bus but lets them appear in an interface terminal. There are five tiers (IV-UHV) of crafting pattern providers with increasing pattern capacities (36 / 45 / 63 / 81 / 99). Patterns that are not a vanilla 3x3 crafting recipe are not supported.

Lastly, place a data orb inside the controller and connect it to an AE2 network with either a small or dense cable. The connection uses one channel and has a passive drain of 5 EU/t on the network. The cable only attaches to the controller while the LMA is enabled and running.

Structure

• Controller: Front bottom center
• 54 Vibrant Quartz Glass
• 24-40 Robust Tungstensteel Machine Casing
• 1 Data Orb (inside controller)
• 1+ Energy Hatch: Any casing
• 1 Maintenance Hatch: Any casing
• 1+ Input Bus or Crafting Pattern Provider: Any casing
• Mandatory Air: Interior of the structure

Wallsharing

LMAs may wallshare each of their sides to save on casings, glass, and buses/hatches. That includes any input buses and crafting pattern providers for sharing patterns. The LMA only ever consumes 0.5A of power so it is possible to share one energy hatch between four machines.

The LMA acts just like a molecular assembler when connected to an AE2 network. It remains idle until a vanilla crafting request is ordered, begins processing immediately, and returns the output directly to the network once finished. Supply patterns through an input bus or crafting pattern provider, but it is highly recommended to use the latter because patterns in regular input buses do NOT appear in an interface terminal.

The recipe length and number of parallels are determined by the LMA's voltage tier. The first two overclocks above MV cut the recipe length in half and every subsequent overclock doubles the number of parallels, as seen in the following table. The LMA only consumes 16 EU/t while idle, but that jumps up to 0.5A of the current voltage while running. The speed of the molecular assembler with various amounts of acceleration cards is provided for reference.