# Encased Industrial Beam > Canonical source: [Encased Industrial Beam](https://satisfactorybase.its-live.dev/wiki/items/encased-industrial-beam) > Language: en Simultaneously utilizes the compressive strength of concrete and the tensile strength of steel. Mostly used as a stable base for constructing buildings. ## Properties - Entity type: Item - Form: solid - Stack size: 100 - Sink points: 528 - Radioactive: No - Can be discarded: Yes ## Produced by ### [Alternate: Encased Industrial Pipe](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-encasedindustrialbeam-c) 15 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler) [Steel Pipe](/wiki/items/steel-pipe): 6 per cycle; 24/min, [Concrete](/wiki/items/concrete): 5 per cycle; 20/min → [Encased Industrial Beam](/wiki/items/encased-industrial-beam): 1 per cycle; 4/min. ### [Encased Industrial Beam](/wiki/recipes/recipe-encasedindustrialbeam-c) 10 s. [Assembler](/wiki/buildings/assembler) [Steel Beam](/wiki/items/steel-beam): 3 per cycle; 18/min, [Concrete](/wiki/items/concrete): 6 per cycle; 36/min → [Encased Industrial Beam](/wiki/items/encased-industrial-beam): 1 per cycle; 6/min. ## Used as recipe ingredient ### [Alternate: Heavy Flexible Frame](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-heavyflexibleframe-c) 16 s. [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer) [Modular Frame](/wiki/items/modular-frame): 5 per cycle; 18.75/min, [Encased Industrial Beam](/wiki/items/encased-industrial-beam): 3 per cycle; 11.25/min, [Rubber](/wiki/items/rubber): 20 per cycle; 75/min, [Screws](/wiki/items/screws): 104 per cycle; 390/min → [Heavy Modular Frame](/wiki/items/heavy-modular-frame): 1 per cycle; 3.75/min. ### [Alternate: Heavy Encased Frame](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-modularframeheavy-c) 64 s. [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer) [Modular Frame](/wiki/items/modular-frame): 8 per cycle; 7.5/min, [Encased Industrial Beam](/wiki/items/encased-industrial-beam): 10 per cycle; 9.375/min, [Steel Pipe](/wiki/items/steel-pipe): 36 per cycle; 33.75/min, [Concrete](/wiki/items/concrete): 22 per cycle; 20.625/min → [Heavy Modular Frame](/wiki/items/heavy-modular-frame): 3 per cycle; 2.8125/min. ### [Heavy Modular Frame](/wiki/recipes/recipe-modularframeheavy-c) 30 s. [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer) [Modular Frame](/wiki/items/modular-frame): 5 per cycle; 10/min, [Steel Pipe](/wiki/items/steel-pipe): 20 per cycle; 40/min, [Encased Industrial Beam](/wiki/items/encased-industrial-beam): 5 per cycle; 10/min, [Screws](/wiki/items/screws): 120 per cycle; 240/min → [Heavy Modular Frame](/wiki/items/heavy-modular-frame): 1 per cycle; 2/min. ### [Uranium Fuel Rod](/wiki/recipes/recipe-nuclearfuelrod-c) 150 s. [Manufacturer](/wiki/buildings/manufacturer) [Encased Uranium Cell](/wiki/items/encased-uranium-cell): 50 per cycle; 20/min, [Encased Industrial Beam](/wiki/items/encased-industrial-beam): 3 per cycle; 1.2/min, [Electromagnetic Control Rod](/wiki/items/electromagnetic-control-rod): 5 per cycle; 2/min → [Uranium Fuel Rod](/wiki/items/uranium-fuel-rod): 1 per cycle; 0.4/min. ## Used in construction - [Alien Power Augmenter](/wiki/buildings/alien-power-augmenter): 50 - [Conveyor Belt Mk.4](/wiki/buildings/conveyor-belt-mk-4): 1 - [Conveyor Lift Mk.4](/wiki/buildings/conveyor-lift-mk-4): 2 - [Flood Light Tower](/wiki/buildings/flood-light-tower): 8 - [Wall-Mounted Flood Light](/wiki/buildings/wall-mounted-flood-light): 2 - [Fluid Truck](/wiki/buildings/fluid-truck): 20 - [Fuel-Powered Generator](/wiki/buildings/fuel-powered-generator): 15 - [Hypertube Junction](/wiki/buildings/hypertube-junction): 2 - [Hypertube Branch](/wiki/buildings/hypertube-branch): 2 - [Industrial Fluid Buffer](/wiki/buildings/industrial-fluid-buffer): 5 - [Miner Mk.2](/wiki/buildings/miner-mk-2): 10 - [Oil Extractor](/wiki/buildings/oil-extractor): 20 - [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery): 10 - [Hypertube Entrance](/wiki/buildings/hypertube-entrance): 4 - [Power Storage](/wiki/buildings/power-storage): 5 - [Buffer Stop](/wiki/buildings/buffer-stop): 5 - [Large Billboard](/wiki/buildings/large-billboard): 12 - [Small Billboard](/wiki/buildings/small-billboard): 3 - [Freight Platform](/wiki/buildings/freight-platform): 10 - [Fluid Freight Platform](/wiki/buildings/fluid-freight-platform): 10 - [Empty Platform With Catwalk](/wiki/buildings/empty-platform-with-catwalk): 10 - [Empty Platform](/wiki/buildings/empty-platform): 10 - [Train Station](/wiki/buildings/train-station): 10 - [Truck](/wiki/buildings/truck): 20 ## Used in schematic costs - [Expanded Toolbelt](/wiki/schematics/expanded-toolbelt-research-sulfur-5): 50 - [Expanded Power Infrastructure](/wiki/schematics/expanded-power-infrastructure): 50 - [Hypertubes](/wiki/schematics/hypertubes): 50 - [Oil Processing](/wiki/schematics/oil-processing): 100 - [Petroleum Power](/wiki/schematics/petroleum-power): 100 - [Logistics Mk.4](/wiki/schematics/logistics-mk-4): 300 - [Monorail Train Technology](/wiki/schematics/monorail-train-technology): 500 - [Logistics Mk.5](/wiki/schematics/logistics-mk-5): 400 ## Related items - [Steel Pipe](/wiki/items/steel-pipe) - [Concrete](/wiki/items/concrete) - [Steel Beam](/wiki/items/steel-beam) - [Modular Frame](/wiki/items/modular-frame) - [Rubber](/wiki/items/rubber) - [Screws](/wiki/items/screws) - [Heavy Modular Frame](/wiki/items/heavy-modular-frame) - [Encased Uranium Cell](/wiki/items/encased-uranium-cell) - [Electromagnetic Control Rod](/wiki/items/electromagnetic-control-rod) - [Uranium Fuel Rod](/wiki/items/uranium-fuel-rod) ## Unlocked by - [Advanced Steel Production](/wiki/schematics/advanced-steel-production): Milestone · Tier 4 - [Alternate: Encased Industrial Pipe](/wiki/schematics/alternate-encased-industrial-pipe): Hard Drive alternate ## Guides - [Alternate recipes and Hard Drives](/guides/alternate-recipes) ## Technical Details - Class name: Desc_SteelPlateReinforced_C - Native class: FGItemDescriptor - Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/SteelPlateReinforced/Desc_SteelPlateReinforced - Resource form (export): RF_SOLID