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Beaconed electric furnace smelter: 45 plates per second

Beaconed electric furnace smelter: 45 plates per second is a blueprint with 175 entities in a 51×13 tile area, mainly 16 × electric furnace. Its author gives 45 per second (one full blue belt). It works without Space Age. Copy the string and import it from the blueprint library.

Top-down preview of Beaconed electric furnace smelter: 45 plates per second
  • Blue belts 90
  • Beacons 34
  • Inserters 32
  • Furnaces 16
  • Power poles 3
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About this build

A compact late game smelter that fills a blue belt (45 plates per second) using electric furnaces with speed module beacons: 16 furnaces and 34 beacons in 51×13 tiles.

Taken out of Maxiume's smelting book.

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Before you place it

  • Clear a space of at least 51 × 13 tiles.
  • It works in the base game without Space Age.
  • It has 16 crafting machines and 34 beacons, so connect enough power before you switch it on.

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What it uses

  • Express transport belt84
  • Beacon34
  • Bulk inserter32
  • Electric furnace16
  • Express underground belt6
  • Substation3

Facts

TypeBlueprint
Game version2.0.32
Space AgeNot required
Size51 × 13 tiles
Entities175
PowerAbout 41 MW with all 16 machines working, plus 34 beacons and their effect. Modules are included; inserters, belts, lamps and robot charging are not.
Rate45 per second (one full blue belt), as given by the author
CheckedPassed an automated check against Factorio 2.1 game data: no overlapping buildings, unknown buildings or unknown recipes.

Base gameSmelting

Numbers behind builds like this: Vulcanus casting ratio: foundries for molten iron and plates · furnaces per belt: 48 stone or 24 steel furnaces per yellow belt · mining drills per belt: 30 electric drills fill a yellow belt

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