The synthesis of the machine itself is very simple.But their cores are laser devices.Not wafers or chips.
In GregTech4,there only one kind of laser,Mining laser gun in IC.It was used as red laser resource.As we all know,the red light can only carry less energy than other visible lights(E=hv).But it has unreasonable destructive power.
Then in GregTech5(also unofficial),this position was replaced by the item transmitter.It is based on voltage level,from LV to UV.From its recipe,it seems a kind of solid laser device(Or, to be precise, a semiconductor laser).Also it was used everywhere.In microwave ovens,it was used as Masqueser.In laser engraver,it is used as a laser.And in scanner,it was used to transmit a signal.May be a radio wave.(If I can invent this laser,I will earn a lot of money via this patent.) We even use the lens to change the laser’s color,instead of replacing a laser of another wavelength.The lenses are perfect optical components,NOT wavelength converters.This problem still exists in GT6.
In GregTech6,we have more advanced devices.Then the functions of lasers are separated.But there only have gas laser in item,without solid laser and others.Working equipment which can produce LU,only have CO2 laser(It cursed a serious problem,Carbon Dioxide laser cannot use fiber).And GT6’s HDD even use a helium laser,not a read and write head.Causing it more like a laser disc system,not disk.So I have some suggestions:
I think the the laser housing block itself is just an integrated body of chassis and power distribution.What is really useful is like GT6’s original item lasers.It can have a GUI which likes burningbox,also make the lasers cannot be stacked.You can use right-click to mount it in the shell and use shift+right click to unload it.Then give each kinds of lasers a wavelength or just call it color.The voltage only decide the light intensity.For example,if you use smaller wavelength and better materials,also a controller circuit,you can make better wafers in one machine.Reduced the relationship with voltage levels.You can use other recipes to improve the difficulty of laser.It also can get rid of the lenses.
If so,we need to add more lasers,such as solid laser,semiconductor laser,and FEL.Here are some lasers’s usage.
CO2:Metal cutting,heat-up
CO:Material processing,it is more refined because its smaller wavelength
He-Ne:flow rate measurement,code scanner,laser gyro
Semiconductor:scanner,printer,ultraviolet lithography,military,metal cutting,optical fiber transmission
Crystal(GT have added many crystals):Cutting and soldering, annealing of semiconductor materials, micromachining of electronic devices,nuclear fusion.
Free electron laser (FEL,it is so big that don’t suitable for item form):nuclear fusion,extreme ultraviolet lithography,isotope separation,plasma heat-up
Ar:Laser display, information processing and storage.
Kr:Xe:(Sorry,I have not been able to find out the purpose of both of them,you can still do it in GT6)