ECS Machinery Vector. Steel Mill

Valid for ECS 1.2

Steel Mill

Drawn by Oz. Smoke by Zimmlock and George

General data

Steel mills process iron ore and coal and produce steel. Steel mills can be built by a player. Building cost is £144,000,000. Steel mills have 4 possible layouts.

Both cargoes are a must. On the lowest production level the missing cargo would be taken from internal resources, but only when the other cargo is transported to the industry. Steel mill production is calculated from 6 furnaces. Initial values for furnaces is shown in the table (production data is calculated for 8 cycles a month. During game play, there are 8 or 9 cycles, while the total amount of distributed cargo is adjusted with property for minimal amount of cargo distributed). Amount of material used is calculated as coal=1.4*steel, ore=1.2*steel.

Every furnace can be upgraded to the best one for the current date. The smallest furnace is upgraded first.

Num\Year	1920	1950	1975	2000	2020	2040
1	5	7	8	11	14	19
2	7	9	12	15	20	26
3	10	13	17	22	28	36
4	14	18	23	30	39	51
5	19	25	32	42	55	71
6	27	35	45	59	77	100

Production of steel:

Level	Furnaces on	1920	1950	1975	2000	2020	2040
Very low	1	40	52	68	88	114	149
Low	2	96	125	162	211	274	356
Normal	3	174	227	295	383	498	648
High	4	284	369	480	624	812	1055
Very high	5	438	569	740	962	1250	1626
Ultimate	6	653	849	1103	1435	1865	2424
Limit	6*	1291	1678	2181	2836	3687	4793

* Limit means ultimate production level (6 furnaces are on) where all furnaces are upgraded.

Production change

Changing production level is calculated by comparing the amount of cargo waiting and amount of material, required for production. If there is not enough cargo waiting, production changes. Industry can rise production by 1 and decrease to any value.

Increasing production on high production levels also requires at least 50% of steel being transported.

When industry has a very low production level and did not produce enough cargo last month, it tests close down conditions. Industries in service have a close down chance reduced by 50%. Newly built industries can be closed only if they are at least 2 year old. Industries, built by the random map generator or map editor, can be closed only if they are at least 5 year old. A close down chance is 3%.

Conditions for number of furnace going up

(Current production*6/5*8 * 3 < Amount of ore stored) and (Current production*7/5*8 * 3 < Amount of coal stored)

Conditions for number of furnace going down

(Current production*6/5*8 > Amount of ore stored) or (Current production*7/5*8 > Amount of coal stored)

Where Current production specifies amount of steel produced every 256 ticks.

Stockpile size

Cargo acceptance is limited by storage capacity. If the stockpile is in overflow, the industry stops accepting cargo until the stockpile is down to 75% of capacity, at which point the industry will start accepting cargo again.

Level	Ore	Ore (75%)	Coal	Coal (75%)
Very low	6030	4523	7475	5606
Low	7538	5654	9344	7008
Normal	9423	7067	11680	8760
High	11778	8834	14600	10950
Very high	14723	11042	18250	13688
Ultimate	18403	13803	22813	17109

Possible locations

Steel mills should be built on flat land far from towns (Rz0 + 16 < Ed). They can't be built near other steel mills, factories, coal and ore mines.

Features

Steel Mills support snow.

Steel Mills have 3 animated construction stages