Effecient belt crafting layout need

[blanerocker]

I'm looking for an effecient belt crafting layout that also includes underground and splitters.
anyone one know a build that doesnt need lategame resource input

[Emmote]

I use one kinda like this, typically. http://i.imgur.com/dz17JZm.jpg
Don't think it's the best it can be though.

[blanerocker]

yea I use that one, but when you are just starting out it suck up too much iron

[Scarsick]

Originally posted by blanerocker:

yea I use that one, but when you are just starting out it suck up too much iron

It's only natural, earlier in the game you don't have access to steal and electric furnaces, so even if you have lots of iron ore and a huge smelting area, it's pretty challenging to have enough throughput to keep an full automated belt setup with underground and splitters and still have enough to go to other parts of your factory.

Personally, I just automate the yellow belt earlier in the game and limit production to 500 using a chest. That's more than enough until I can get a better iron/copper throughput by expanding my ore production, and upgrading to electric furnaces.

By the way, do you limit your production with chests so the belts don't use all the iron? There's no need to fill an iron/steel chest with thousands of belts/underground/splitters. Not early in the game at least...

[blanerocker]

Originally posted by scarsick:

Originally posted by blanerocker:

yea I use that one, but when you are just starting out it suck up too much iron

It's only natural, earlier in the game you don't have access to steal and electric furnaces, so even if you have lots of iron ore and a huge smelting area, it's pretty challenging to have enough throughput to keep an full automated belt setup with underground and splitters and still have enough to go to other parts of your factory.

Personally, I just automate the yellow belt earlier in the game and limit production to 500 using a chest. That's more than enough until and can get a better iron/copper throughput by expanding my ore production, and upgrading to electric furnaces.

By the way, do you limit your production with chests so the belts don't use all the iron? There's no need to fill an iron/steel chest with thousands of belts/underground/splitters. Not early in the game at least...

I always limit my chests, especialy in the early game, becuase by the time i use all the items that i grabbed it's full again