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Hey all! I would like to ask for a little help for my polymer "factory". I have some weird heat transfer issues that i can't explain so i hope someone with better knowledge can help me out whats the problem with my system. As you can see i have 2 presses next to each other. Now if both are operating the left one stays around ~25C but the right one overheats. If i disable the right one the left one goes up to 45C but stable. The cooling is circulated oil that enter the room around -10C and leaves +5C. All pipes that are not cooling is made out of abyss. Its like the right one is soaking up heat from the left one and cant cool down but i really don't understand it so any help would be appreciated. I tried restricting the cooling flow to lower volume but nothing changes.

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Just a small tip:

Don´t build a polymer press out of gold amalgam. (The higher overheat temperature seems tempting, but you only want something with higer overheat temperature to keep the press running for a longer amount of time. So why not take iron ore to maximize the capacity and raise the conductivity.)

Thank you for all the help! @Lilalaunekuh the good ol iron did the trick! The right one now works at stable 25C. I thought gold was better for transferring heat but guess i was wrong (should have payed more attention on physics class :D

5 hours ago, Mikeyhun said:

As you can see i have 2 presses next to each other.

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The left press has a drop of liquid (water?) on it. The right one doesn't seem to have any.

Most liquids are way better at heat transfer than gases. A single "drop" of water can easily have heat sink - and heat dissipation - capability of 50 tiles of oxygen.

10 minutes ago, Coolthulhu said:

The left press has a drop of liquid (water?) on it. The right one doesn't seem to have any.

Most liquids are way better at heat transfer than gases. A single "drop" of water can easily have heat sink - and heat dissipation - capability of 50 tiles of oxygen.

That's why I suggested he put a little oil on the other one

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