Molecular furnace

A molecular furnace is a device that consumes material, such as ores, breaks down its physical structure, and uses it to create new substances.

The furnace system varies from design to design, but has several universal properties. It uses hot fusion torches to render mined minerals down past their constituent molecules and all the way to their basic atoms, which can then be assembled into different compounds and allotropes. In effect, once broken down into basic allotropic compounds by the fusion torches, the materials can easily be shaped into different prefabricated components with little heat by manipulating them into forming artificial covalent bonds and aggregating into desired shapes.

The device is commonly used in mining as well as shipyards and other large scale construction efforts.