# Machinery and equipment and Silica sand

Machinery and equipment depends on silica sand.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/machinery-and-equipment-and-silica-sand/

[Machinery and equipment](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/machinery/) (industry) and [Silica sand](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/industrial_sand/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Silica sand → Machinery and equipment*

1 of the enterprise types in Machinery and equipment depend on silica sand; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **1** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Foundries, forging shops and special-steel mills: foundry moulds (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.