Kayser's Compact Concrete
Description
Kayser's Compact Concrete
The Compactest Concrete
- Compact, rectangular design for minimal space footprint and easy placement.
- Stage blueprints for early/mid-game compatibility and incremental development.
- Highly efficient in terms of construction cost, workers, power, and maintenance.
- Interconnected exhausts for easy connection to external exhaust filtration or CO2 capture.
- Readily accessible input/output storages for buffering, alerts, and easy mapping and connection of pipes and belts.
Technical Features
- Base frame with 4 Concrete mixers. Evolving from 1xT1 to 4(8+)xT3.
- Coal Kilns upgrade into Gas Kilns with minimal changes (Limestone belt intact).
- Minimal changes required to switch between 2- and 4-Kiln configuration.
- Integrated coarse fraction (Rock/Slag) crushers. Small crushers eventually replaced with Large crusher.
- Includes optional multi-crusher for Sand/Manufactured Sand production.
Input/Output
- Makes 12-384+ Concrete Slabs, depending on stage.
- Note: Stage 6E can be added multiple times, each time adding the equivalent input/output of a Stage 6.
| Stage | Concrete Slabs | Rock/Slag | Water | Limestone | Sand/Manufactured Sand | Coal | Exhaust | Hydrogen | CO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | -9 | -6 | -4.5 | -3 | -0.75 | 4.5 | - | - |
| 2 | 24 | -18 | -12 | -9 | -6 | -1.5 | 9 | - | - |
| 3 | 48 | -36 | -24 | -18 | -12 | -3 | 18 | - | - |
| 4 | 96 | -72 | -48 | -36 | -24 | -6 | 36 | - | - |
| 5 | 96 | -72 | -48 | -36 | -24 | - | - | -12 | 24 |
| 6 | 192 | -144 | -96 | -72 | -48 | - | - | -24 | 48 |
| 6E | 384 | -288 | -192 | -144 | -96 | - | - | -48 | 96 |
*Hydrogen can be replaced with Fuel Gas, resulting in 50% higher CO2 emissions (additional smoke stack required).
General Usage
- Basically Plug-and-Play.
- All included storages are preset for truck import/export.
- Connect pipes and belts as desired to storages or belts/pipes. All included storages are optional and can be omitted.
- If using stage blueprints, place subsequent blueprint superimposed over existing build (recommended in planning mode).
- See detailed stage information below.
Stage Details
- Pausing or entering planning mode is recommended when placing blueprints.
- Some stages require preparation, such as removing small pieces of belt or pipe. This is required to maintain a minimal space footprint. See the prerequisites for each stage below.
| Stage | Description | Technology Required | Preparation Required | Instructions | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Single mixer | Concrete Production | Clear a large enough area. The frame eventually extends away from the side opposite to the initial smoke stack. | Place and connect external transports as desired. | Sand can be swapped for Manufactured sand. |
| 2 | Double mixer | - | - | Place over previous build. | - |
| 3 | Quad mixer | Conveyor Lifts | Demolish the final small pieces of slope of the sand belts next to the Concrete mixers. They need to be replaced by lifts. | Leave the paused kilns as planned buildings* | - |
| 4 | T2 Mixers | Construction III | Demolish the small pieces of flat (cement) belt between the connectors on both sides (to make room for the exhaust pipes). | Place over previous build. Upgrade Cement mixers to T2. Upgrade rock/slag/gravel and concrete slab belts where needed. | If you missed to demolish the belts, simply demolish and re-place the bp. |
| 5 | Gas kilns | Rotary Kiln (Gas), (Conveyor Belts II) | Demolish the Coal storage and all the coal belts. Demolish the small pipes that connect the exhaust of the inner kilns. | Place blueprint. Upgrade the outer kilns to gas. Pause the inner ones. | Check the cement belts for issues. |
| 6 | T3 Mixers | Basic Computing, Crusher (Large) | Demolish the small crushers and their adjescent belts. Demolish the small pieces of flat (cement) belts between the connectors on both sides (to make room for the exhaust pipes again). | Place blueprint. Upgrade the Concrete mixers to T3. Upgrade gravel and concrete slab belt and water pipe where required. | |
| 6E | Expansion | Crusher (Large) | Complete stage 5 or 6. | Place adjascent to base build (opposite to smoke stack) so that kilns align with no gap. | Requires separate attachment of rock/slag. |
Multi-Crusher
The Multi-Crusher is a convenient addition to your concrete plant, especially if you want to use Manufactured sand for your concrete. The Multi-crusher uses a shared pool of crushers to crush Rock, Gravel and Quarz to Gavel, Manufacured sand, and Sand respectively. Because it uses a shared pool of crushers, all crushers are used for all products, which gives the Multi-crusher a high efficiency in terms of space utilization, workers, maintenance, and power, as well as capability to handle varying supply and demand. Crusher capacity can be extended incrementally, as your total demand increases. The Multi-crusher has built-in clog stop, so ingredients should not get in each other's way.
The Multi-crusher includes a 'Filter media add-on', which fits conveniently within the frame of the concrete and multi-crusher combination, and uses the surplus capacity of the Multi-crusher to source the main ingredients for the Filter media.
Multi-crusher stages
| Stage | Description | Technology Required | Preparation Required | Instructions | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small Crushers | Concrete Production, (Conveyor Belts II, III. Storage II) | - | Place where convenient. Attach input/output belts as needed. Delete or pause build of crushers you don't need yet. Unpause crushers and upgrade belts later as required. | Upgrade to Cenveyor Belts II and III are required for >60 and >200 total capacity. Upgrade to Storage II is recommended. |
| 2 | Large Crushers | Crusher (Large), (Conveyor Belts II, III, Storage II) | Demolish the small crushers and the crusher input belts (crusher output belt will be used by large crushers). | Place superimposed. Delete or pause build of crushers you don't need yet. Unpause crushers and upgrade belts later as required. | Upgrade to Cenveyor Belts II and III are required for >60 and >200 total capacity. Upgrade to Storage II is recommended. |
| F | Filter media add-on | Wastewater Treatment II | Demolish the existing sand feeder belt. | Place so that inputs fit the multi-crusher. | Includes an input for external Sand. |
Multi-crusher input/output
| Stage | Quarz | Sand | Rock | Gravel | Manufactured Sand | Coal | Filter media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -84 | 84 | -252 | 252 | 84 | - | - |
| 2 | -108 | 108 | -324 | 324 | 108 | - | - |
| F | - | -6 | - | -24 | -6 | -3 | 36 |
Note: Total volume in/out is limited to 450 (Tier III belt). Volumes specified are continous volumes. Temporary input/output may be higher.
Revision History
| Version | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1 | Initial Version |
| 2 | Updated with detailed item descriptions, links, and Filter media add-on |
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