December 14, 2024 -

Only two infusers are needed for all recipes, and only one of them should be upgraded to the highest tier factory with speed upgrades etc. AE2 calculates the exact amount of ingredients needed and stores any extra infusion types for later use. I've seen multiple guides on automating the Mekanism Infuser but IMO this is the best and most resource efficient way to do it.

Setup overview

Items needed:

• 2 Mekanism Infusers

• 1 ME Chemical Storage Cell (Applied Mekanistics mod)

1. infusion crafting pattern

Start by setting up the infusing recipe for the Reinforced Alloy. Import the recipe from JEI into the pattern encoder and don't change anything.

JEI pattern for Reinforced Alloy

It should look like so:

AE2 pattern for Reinforced Alloy

This is where most guides will have you either replace the diamond infusion type with the actual diamond item, or remove it entirely from the pattern and have you set up separate infusers for each infusion type. We don't need any of that.

Place a pattern provider on top of the infuser and insert the pattern into it. Configure the infuser as follows:

• Items tab:

  • Top: input/output

  • Auto-eject: ON

  • Everything else: disabled

• Infuse types tab:

  • Top: input

  • Everything else: disabled

Infuser config, items tab: Top - input/output, everything else disabled. Infuser config, infuse types tab: Top - input, everything else disabled.

This is the infuser that will carry out all of the infusions, so you can upgrade this one to the highest factory tier with all the speed upgrades.

Now that this infuser is ready, we can set up the autocrafting of the infuse type chemical so that AE2 can use it as a crafting ingredient.

2. AE2 infusion type crafting ingredient

This is the slightly tricky part that in hindsight seems very simple. We'll start with setting up the following AE2 pattern:

JEI pattern for diamond infuse type

Import the pattern into the encoder and again don't change anything. It should look like so:

AE2 pattern for diamond infuse type

Note that as before, the pattern records the exact quantities required by the recipe which allows AE2 to do all of the ingredient calculations for us.

Now, place another infuser and pattern provider and insert this pattern into it. This infuser doesn't even need to be connected to power. It will only be used to convert the diamonds from the item type into the infusion chemical required by the Enriched Alloy pattern from step 1. Configure the infuser as follows:

• Items tab:

  • Top: Extra (not input!)

  • Everything else: disabled

• Infuse types tab:

  • Right: Output

  • Everything else: disabled

Infuser config, items tab: top - extra, everything else - disabled Infuser config, infuse types tab: right - output, everything else - disabled

Finally, place an ME Import Bus on the right side of the infuser to import the diamond infusion type into the system. I would recommend placing 4 acceleration cards as well.

3. ME Chemical Drive

Add a chemical drive into your AE2 system to store the infusion types so that they can be supplied to the crafting recipes and just as importantly, store any excess for later use.

That's it! Here's how it looks:

You should now be able to craft Enriched Alloys using AE2. Here's what it looks like:

Request the craft:

AE2 will supply the exact ingredients required for the craft:

Excess diamond infusion will be stored in the chemical disk and available for future crafting:

Notes

• Create similar patterns for all other infusions. Insert them into the same pattern providers/infusers. You do not need any more infusers.

• The pattern providers should not be in blocking mode.

• Upgrading the infuser that converts items into infuse types is useless. It instantly performs the conversion and doesn't even use power. However the import bus can use acceleration cards.

• A similar setup can be used for the Osmium Compressor.

June 16, 2024 -

Hey there, im making this post because i struggled really hard to get the automation of the Mekanism infuser to work. My error was wrong configuration of the input slots. Today i learned if you use solid infusion types like enriched redstone, you don't configure those in the infuse types config, you have to define them in the Items config as yellow (Extra).

Here's the configuration of my setup.

• Left side is a storge bus with item input

• Back side is a storage bus with extra (solid infuse types)

• Bottom is the AE2 Pattern Provider set to Output

Remember to enable auto eject so the finished products get send to the ME system.

Front of my setup

Im using a sub-network to push the items and infusions to the machine.

Back side with the AE2 stuff. 2 Cable anchors so the pipes don't connect.

On the Pattern Provider sits an ME interface, this will push the crafting items directly to the 2 storage busses on the infuser. The piece of quartz fiber is there to separate the cable with interface & storage busses from the main network.

The storage busses are in standard configuration, there is no filtering needed as far as my testing goes. All infusing materials get pushed to the side, and the rest goes in the back.

My recipes are in a ratio which makes sure all the infusion material gets used up. I.E. 1 enriched redstone is enough material to craft exactly 8 infused alloy. So the recipe is: 8 iron + 1 enriched redstone = 8 infused alloy.

My current recipes, still space for 2 more if needed.

Here comes a list with all recipes i used if you don't want to look them up yourself:

• 8x Iron Ingot + 1x Enriched Redstone = 8x Infused Alloy

• 4x Infused Alloy + 1x Enriched Diamond = 4x Reinforced Alloy

• 2x Reinforced Alloy + 1x Enriched Obsidian = 2x Atomic Alloy

• 4x Osmium Ingot + 1x Enriched Redstone = 4x Basic Control Circuit

• 8x Obsidian Dust + 1x Enriched Diamond = 8x Refined Obsidian Dust

• 8x Iron Ingot + 1x Enriched Carbon = 8x Enriched Iron

• 8x Enriched Iron + 1x Enriched Carbon = 8x Steel Dust

Thanks for reading!

February 10, 2025 -

I’m trying to fully automate the Metallurgic Infuser from Mekanism using Applied Energistics 2, but I ran into an issue. Can I place a Pattern Provider on the infuser and use it for both input and output, or do I need to set up separate inputs/outputs?

Also, what’s the best way to handle the infusion material (redstone, carbon, etc.)? I know AE2’s Export Bus can push items in, but I’m wondering if there’s a more efficient way to keep the system running smoothly.

April 28, 2019 -

Hi, I'm trying to automate Metallurgic Infusers on Engimatica 2 : Expert and I'm having some problems. I'm using a similar setup to Hypnotizd's, which he did in his recent E2:E video. The problem is, the ME Interface isn't stocked with fuel which it should. It just crafts one compressed fuel item and stops forever, unless I cancel the craft request, then I crafts one more and then stops again, but the crafting request is still there.

https://imgur.com/a/cdpwRvc

June 19, 2023 -

Hello,

i tried different Tutorials now, but all has the same Problem, the ME Interface (Block Version or not) has no Pattern Grid, when i put the Patterns in there they go directly into my Storage. Any Ideas?

If i made smth false, just tell me or if u have a better Setup with an Tutorial for the actual Version of ATM8.

My Current Setup

January 24, 2025 -

Hi y'all!

I'm trying to make an efficient method for automating metallurgic infusers with ae2 auto crafting. So far, I've gotten that I have to set up multiple infusers, one for each type. My issue is that I'm not at a point where I have unlimited resources, so I want to find a method that is more resource efficient than dumping items through an enriching factory.

My general idea is to try to find someway to tell when the chemical capacity of the infusers is backed up, then stop producing the enriched materials via level emitter. However, I haven't found a way of doing that yet.

If anyone has suggestions for something that backs up as few resources as humanly possible while automatically keeping the infusers stocked, please let me know!

March 11, 2025 -

Hey all! So im currently trying to automate the mettalurgic infuser from mekanism using ae2. Now ive done this before in ATM9 using a newer version of ae2 and for some reason i cant get it to work in this one.

Basically i have an interface with my pattern and then my metalurgic infuser next to it. So far so good.

The input is set to behind the block which would be the interface right? Now it doesnt pull anything from the me system when trying to craft and ive tried so many diffrent things with storage busses more interfaces etc. and i cant get it to work any help?

January 17, 2025 -

Is there a easy setup to automate the different alloys? I currently have 3 infusers and one enrichment chamber. Byt no matter what I do, I can't seem to get it to work. Do I need one enrichment chamber per infuser and stack them?