Early Foundry
Description
Early Foundry
For early game production of Iron, Steel, Copper, & Glass
v1.0.1
Author: Calen
Description
The Early Foundry provides a single facility to produce everything that utilizes a molten channel from early to mid game. It is designed to be used once you have researched Conveyor Belts and until you build the Unified Foundry, which is accessible after researching Advanced Smelting. Like the Unified Foundry, the Early Foundry is organized into modules or stages which correspond to a technology advancement.
Credit: Thank you, KT9Q, for the internal acid production idea.
Stages of the Early Foundry:
Note: See https://imgur.com/a/z79KfX2 for installation pictures
- Stage 1: Iron & Copper Smelting
- Stage 2: Steelworks
- Stage 3: Recycling
- Stage 4: Glass Making
- Stage 5: Exhaust Filtration
Tips
- Start with constructing the pipes, conveyors, and storage first.
- Construct buildings only as needed. Do not over build. Be mindful of the fact that tier I conveyor belts only have a throughput of 60/60. So you only get full capacity out of the first two iron, copper, and steel channels. Everything after that offers diminishing returns until you can upgrade the conveyor belts to tier II.
Metrics by Stage
Required Materials
| Name | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Upgrade | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | 200 | 200 | |||||
| Construction Parts | 1576 | 553 | 144 | 64 | 2337 | ||
| Construction Parts II | 375 | 1125 | 180 | 96 | 308 | 571 | 2655 |
| Construction Parts III | 141 | 445 | 169 | 164 | 919 | ||
| Electronics | 180 | 180 | |||||
| Rubber | 183 | 60 | 220 | 89 | 132 | 42 | 726 |
Buildings
| Name | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Upgrade | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Separator | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Blast Furnace | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | |||
| Burner (Solid) | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Cooled Caster | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Cooling Tower | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Copper Electrolysis | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Exhaust Scrubber | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Fluid Storage | 1 | -1 | 0 | ||||
| Fluid Storage II | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Glass Maker | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Loose Storage | 7 | -7 | 0 | ||||
| Loose Storage II | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Metal Caster | 16 | 16 | |||||
| Mixer | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Oxygen Furnace | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Smoke Stack | 8 | 15 | 2 | -22 | 3 | ||
| Smoke Stack (Large) | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Unit Storage | 4 | -4 | 0 | ||||
| Unit Storage II | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Waste Sorting Plant | 1 | 1 |
Functional Input
| Name | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers | 100 | 126 | 45 | 32 | 34 | 337 |
| Power (MW) | 1.6 | 1.47 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 4.87 |
| Maintenance | 16.0 | 42.0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 102.0 |
Resource Input
| Name | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Acid Refinement | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acid | 24 | 12 | -36 | 0 | |||
| Coal | 36 | 54 | 18 | 108 | |||
| Copper Ore | 96 | 96 | |||||
| Iron Ore | 96 | 144 | 244 | ||||
| Limestone | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Recyclables | 144 | 144 | |||||
| Salt | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Sand | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Water | 24 | 36 | -24 | 66 | 102 |
Product Output
| Name | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Acid Refinement | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | 78 | 18 | 96 | ||||
| Glass | 48 | 48 | |||||
| Iron | 96 | 96 | |||||
| Steel | 72 | 72 |
Byproduct Output
| Name | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Pollution | 96 | 144 | 24 | -192 | 72 | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 216 | 216 | ||||
| Slag | 96 | 72 | 30 | 198 | ||
| Sulfur | 12 | 12 |
Comments (6)
v1.0.1 - Added egress transport blueprint
v1.0.0 - Original Design
But why not put some low pressure turbines to use the low pres steam from scrubbers for some free power instead of running it straight to a cooling tower?