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Polycaprolactam (Nylon 6)

Guide by: ME Item Storage Cell

Another optional plastic you can make in HV. The only real use for it is to make lots of string very quickly. Especially useful if you don't have flax automated.

How to make Nylon 6

Caprolactam

LCR

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Chem Plant Skip

In ZPM, you can use the chemical plant to make Caprolactam in 1 step. Then you just have to smelt it.

Caprolactam_ChemPlant

Polymerisation

Most plastics get polymerised in a chemical reactor, with either air or oxygen. Nylon 6 is the exception to the rule however, and instead uses the EBF. You need Nitrogen as well.

EBF_Nylon6

Uses of Nylon 6

The most common use of Nylon 6 is the production of string. It is incredibly efficient, producing half a stack per ingot.

Nylon6_String