The macerator is an Industrial Craft machine that converts ores into dusts. It’s one of the first machines to build because it saves ores in the long run.
One ore in and two dusts out! Almost every machine in Industrial Craft will have to use something called EU.
EU is basically electricity and can be generated by a generator, nuclear reactor or even solar panels.
When you put ores into the macerator it will convert that ore into two dusts, these dusts both become ingots if you smelt them.
The macerator is also used to create different components used in other Industrial Craft machines or items. (PIC 5)
The macerator may be able to do this function with other modded items but it depends on the mod.
So how do you build one? Here is the recipe.