Train-fed smelting array for iron or copper (steel furnaces, 2-4-2)
Train-fed smelting array for iron or copper (steel furnaces, 2-4-2) is a blueprint with 8,469 entities in a 326×164 tile area, mainly 768 × steel furnace. It works without Space Age. Copy the string and import it from the blueprint library.
- Red belts 3,714
- Inserters 1,856
- Rails 1,446
- Furnaces 768
- Power poles 282
- Circuits 223
- Chests 160
- Logistic network 20
About this build
A belt-based smelting array of 768 steel furnaces for iron or copper, with its own train stations: ore arrives on 2-4-2 trains and plates leave the same way, with a 1-2-1 train bringing fuel. It has 8,469 buildings in a 326 by 164 tile area. Built for left-hand drive.
HySpeed's notes: Belt based 2-4-2 smelting array for Iron or Copper. Requires a 1-2-1 train to bring fuel. Includes stackers for ore and plate. Tilable after stackers. Ore from one rail, fuel and plate on other. Roboports are for building only, remove when complete.
Before you place it
- Clear a space of at least 326 × 164 tiles.
- It works in the base game without Space Age.
- It has 768 crafting machines, so connect enough power before you switch it on.
- It includes roboports, so it can extend your logistic network and let robots build the rest.
- It uses circuit logic. Do not remove wires or combinators when you adapt it.
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What it uses
…and 7 more building types, 117 entities in all.
Facts
| Type | Blueprint |
|---|---|
| Game version | 2.0.47 |
| Space Age | Not required |
| Size | 326 × 164 tiles |
| Entities | 8,469 |
| Checked | Passed an automated check against Factorio 2.1 game data. The checker flagged rail signals next to curved rails, a placement the game allows but the checker is known to over-report. |
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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