Beaconed smelting array: 360 plates per second
Beaconed smelting array: 360 plates per second is a blueprint with 1,785 entities in a 77×83 tile area, mainly 128 × electric furnace. Its author gives 360 per second (about 6 turbo belts, or two turbo belts stacked 4 high). It works without Space Age. Copy the string and import it from the blueprint library.
- Blue belts 1,224
- Inserters 256
- Beacons 153
- Furnaces 128
- Power poles 24
About this build
A megabase smelting block that makes 360 plates per second, eight blue belts, with beaconed electric furnaces: 128 furnaces and 153 beacons in a 77×83 tile area. Feed it ore by train or a wide ore bus.
Taken out of Maxiume's smelting book.
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Before you place it
- Clear a space of at least 77 × 83 tiles.
- It works in the base game without Space Age.
- It has 128 crafting machines and 153 beacons, so connect enough power before you switch it on.
- It is large: construction robots will place it much faster than building by hand.
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What it uses
Facts
| Type | Blueprint |
|---|---|
| Game version | 2.0.32 |
| Space Age | Not required |
| Size | 77 × 83 tiles |
| Entities | 1,785 |
| Power | About 269 MW with all 128 machines working, plus 153 beacons and their effect. Modules are included; inserters, belts, lamps and robot charging are not. |
| Rate | 360 per second (about 6 turbo belts, or two turbo belts stacked 4 high), as given by the author |
| Checked | Passed an automated check against Factorio 2.1 game data: no overlapping buildings, unknown buildings or unknown recipes. |
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 · belt speeds: items per second for every belt
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