Tutorials/Gold Ingot Automation
This tutorial will help you make an automatic setup for generating Gold Ingots. It is very slow, but can be made faster with more components or higher Rotational Force.
Items Needed
Lava
Water
Mechanical Drill
Chute
Crushing Wheel (6 are needed, although 4 can be substituted with 2 
Millstones.)
Mechanical Press and a 
Basin
Encased Fan
Shaft
Mechanical Belt
Items Produced
Main item is in bold, other items are by-products.
| Item | Amount produced | |
|---|---|---|
| Per 1 Cobblestone | Per 512 Cobblestone | |
 Gold Ingot
|
0.003 | 1.536 |
 Flint
|
0.1 | 51.2 |
 Dead Bush
|
0.00375 | 1.92 |
Production Steps
Foreword
All steps should be connected using some kind of item transportation, such as Mechanical Belts.
Step 1
Setup a Cobblestone generator, with a Mechanical Drill behind the generated cobblestone, and a Chute below the cobble.
Step 2
The cobblestone should then be ground down to Gravel, using the Crushing Wheels or the Millstone.
Step 3
The gravel should then be ground down to Sand, using the Crushing Wheels (Millstone cannot be used here!). The by-products are Flint, which can be voided or stored, and Clay Ball, which will be useful in Step 5.
Step 4
The sand should then be washed using the Encased Fan behind some water, which results in more Clay Balls.
Step 5
The clay balls then need to be compacted down to Clay Blocks using a Mechanical Press with a Basin underneath it.
Alternatively, some Mechanical Crafters may be used to automate this task.
Step 6
The clay block then needs to be smelted, becoming Terracotta. For this, the most efficient way would be to Bulk Blast it, as it requires no fuel.
Step 7
The terracotta should then be ground down to Red Sand, using the Crushing Wheels or the Millstone.
Step 8
Finally, the red sand should then be washed, resulting in some Gold Nuggets. The by-product is a Dead Bush, which can be voided or stored.
 |
 312% |  5% |
Step 9 (optional)
If needed, the gold nuggets can be packed into ingots.
Increasing the production speed
To increase the production speed, steps 1 to 3 can be built many times, funneling their products into a singular step 4 station. As stated, steps 4 to 8 (or 9) have to be built only once. If the setup cannot keep up, step 4 may be built twice or more times, if needed.