Casting iron plates from molten iron: one red belt
Casting iron plates from molten iron: one red belt is a blueprint with 111 entities in a 40×12 tile area, mainly 8 × foundry. It needs Space Age. Copy the string and import it from the blueprint library.
- Pipes and fluids 54
- Red belts 41
- Inserters 8
- Furnaces 8
About this build
Foundries casting iron plates directly from molten iron, one full red belt per copy, which replaces a whole furnace column on Vulcanus. It has 111 buildings in a 40 by 12 tile area. It is part of Tumi's Vulcanus 120 SPM book.
Tumi's notes: Creates 1 red belt of iron plates. Need 4.
Before you place it
- Clear a space of at least 40 × 12 tiles.
- You need the Space Age expansion (Foundry, Casting iron recipe).
- It has 8 crafting machines, so connect enough power before you switch it on.
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What it uses
Recipes
- Casting iron ×8
Facts
| Type | Blueprint |
|---|---|
| Game version | 2.0.73 |
| Space Age | Required (Foundry, Casting iron recipe) |
| Size | 40 × 12 tiles |
| Entities | 111 |
| Power | About 21 MW with all 8 machines working. Modules are included; inserters, belts, lamps and robot charging are not. |
| 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 · mining drills per belt: 30 electric drills fill a yellow belt
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