Kayser's Smelting Furnaces

Kayser's Smelting Furnaces - The Compactest Smelting Furnaces Around

• Furnaces for all materials: Iron, Copper, Steel, Glass, and Poly.
• Compact and Tilable
• Contains Blast Furnace (I/II) and Arc Furnace (I/II) versions, where applicable.
• Seamless upgrade from Blast Furnace I to Blast Furnace II without any demolishing.
• Blast Furnace II upgrades to Arc Furnace with minimal demolish.
• Blast Furnace and Arc Furnace versions tile together.
• Comes with storage arrays for convenient testing and mapping of inputs/outputs.

General Usage:

• When tiling, align so that input belts show green connections. There will be some red icons on the output side when tiling due to the 1 row overlap. This is as expected and should not disrupt spawning and operation.
• Most designs support 8-10 furnaces in a row before belt capacity constrains production.
• The supply arrays are provided for testing and mapping the different inputs/outputs. Although they work, they are not intended for actual gameplay.
• Auxilliary production (ore crushers, oxygen, glass mix, hydrogen, graphite, etc. are not included in the blueprints).
• Unity boosting (BLAST versions) is possible. No need to upgrade pipes and belts further.

Iron, Copper, Steel:

• To upgrade from Blast Furnace I to Blast Furance II, replace the ore with crushed ore. Start feeding the secondary ingredient (limestone/sand). Wait until the regular ore is fully consumed before upgrading the actual furnace.
• To upgrade from Blast Furnace II to Arc Furnace I or II, demolish the two rows of short belts that connect the long input belts to the furnace inputs. Then align and place the ARC blueprint on top of the existing furnace. The low steam output for Arc II should fit on the back with no issues.

Steel:

• There is a permanent red disconnect icon caused by adjescent connectors. This will not disrupt operation.
• If steel is taken from the ground level flat connectors the jiggly output belt can be removed.

Glass:

• When tiling glass makers, the last row can be mirrored ('F') to leave 1 row of extra free space on the outside of the last glass maker. If you flip this, remember to check the belts and flip them if necessary.
• To upgrade from Glass Maker I to Glass Maker II, demolish the glass maker and the molten channels. Align the Glass Maker II blueprint and place it. Upgrade the actual furnace.
• To upgrade from Blast Furnace II to Arc Furnace I or II, simply align and place the ARC blueprint on top of the existing furnace. No demolition required. Connect graphite, etc. then upgrade the actual furnace.

Poly:

• Poly has no BLAST version for obvious reasons.
• Poly has coal on tier +2, as it is the auxiliary ingredient.

Other design notes:

• The blueprints have been designed with the following priorities: compactness, tilability, upgradability, efficiency/price, aesthetics, and ease of use.
• Most blueprints share similar connection signatures: on the input side, main ingredient is on ground tier, tier +1 is coal, tier +2 is the secondary ingredient and tier +3 is graphite.
• Inputs run in one direction and outputs in the opposite direction.
• On the output side, exhaust is on tier +2 and low steam on tier +3. Slag runs on tier +2 and other necessary ingredients (water, oxygen, hydrogen, etc.) on tier +1 and +3.
• Final products output on ground level or on top of machines where possible. It should be fairly easy to branch and/or find alternative output options to suit your needs.

Enjoy!