Energon Transfer Machine

The Energon Transfer Device is a piece of technology from the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Energon Transfer Device was a piece of Decepticon technology that was created to draw upon the materials the Insecticons devoured and convert them into energon cubes.

It appeared as a series of glass cylinders where the Transformer would enter and two tubes would descend, connecting to the structure of the mechanoid whereupon it would draw energy into a central pipe connecting all the cylinders to a larger machine further in the base where the energy would be compressed into Energon cube format.

Fiction

Generation 1 Cartoon

The initial version of this device was permanently installed in Decepticon Headquarters. Megatron used it on the Insecticons in order to convert the material they ate into energon. Only a few small cubes were given to the Insecticons which Megatron claimed to be because of the costly process of the transfer device. This was a lie — in reality the huge amounts of energy captured by the device were being rerouted to the next room, where the Decepticons were transferring it to cubes. Quest for Survival

A scaled-down, portable version of the transfer device was used in the field when the Insecticons attacked a city. As the Insecticons gathered energy, it was transferred to cubes and loaded by the Decepticons into a nearby space bridge for transport to Cybertron. The Revenge of Bruticus}