Steam Purifier

The Steam Purifier is a Steam tier multiblock for washing or simple washing crushed ores. The difference between washing and simple washing is that the latter is significantly faster but does not produce any byproducts. The Steam Purifier is a direct upgrade from manual cauldron washing because it can be automated, runs at 125% speed, only uses 62.5% of the steam normally required, and offers 8 parallels. There are two tiers of the machine: basic (T1) and high-pressure (T2). The high-pressure version consumes twice the amount of steam to run twice as fast. The Steam Purifier is superseded by the Ore Washing Plant in EV.

The only structural difference between the basic and high-pressure Steam Purifier is the material of the casings. Steam is only accepted through a steam hatch (NOT an input hatch), much like other steam tier multiblocks. The steam input and output bus do not auto-push or auto-pull from adjacent inventories and therefore require hoppers, EnderIO item conduits, or conveyor modules for automation.It is not necessary to place any water inside the central tank since it fills up automatically once it starts running. Use the Multiblock Structure Hologram Projector to visualize/build the structure with subchannel glass to specify the tier of the glass and the projector stack size to determine the structure tier (1=Basic, 2=High Pressure).

Assuming plates are made in a forge hammer and rods are made with a file, a basic Steam Purifier (with the necessary hatches) requires 1,253 bronze ingots and 63 brick blocks to build. A high-pressure Steam Purifier requires 1,659 steel ingots, 66 bronze ingots, and 4 brick blocks to build.

Wallsharing

Steam Purifiers may wallshare the same central tank to save on a significant amount of casings and buses/hatches. That may be useful for having both a washer and a simple washer without having to manually switch the mode of the machine. Do not forget to horizontally flip one of the controllers by sneak right-clicking with a wrench to have them both face the same direction. Sharing also works with other steam tier multiblocks that use the same type of casing.

The Steam Purifier is a direct upgrade from manual cauldron washing because it can be automated, runs at 125% speed, only uses 62.5% of the steam normally required, and offers 8 parallels. Upgrading to high-pressure doubles both the processing speed and steam consumption. Expect to use the Steam Purifier up to HV because of its large bonuses over singleblock machines.

The Steam Purifier has two operating modes, listed below, and processes recipes up to LV tier which includes ALL ore washing recipes. Switch modes in the GUI of the controller or by right-clicking the controller with a screwdriver.

• Ore Washer - Slow but produces byproducts.
• Simple Washer - Fast but does NOT produce byproducts.

The following table lists some of the rare/unique byproducts that the Steam Purifier can produce and the ores which they come from. The Steam Separator is the only other way to obtain byproducts this early in the game.