how many smelters do you use from one miner ?

[Andrew Tate]

I usually use 3 Smelters because then I dont have to build another splitter, but whats the most effiecient ?

[Maehlice]

In the beginning? On 120/min, 9 -- underclocked according to the downstream lines.

In the end zero, because Pure Ingots.

[NO]

as you progress you get faster miners,belts and overclocking(on miner) this will increase the number of smelters you can add to one mining node and thus maximize your out put from a ore node.

Efficiency is one of the main concerns with automation games you will need to use math to figure out figure out ratios when manufacturing to maximize output. keep in mind belt speeds.

output of miner per minute divided by input per minute required of smelter is the number of smelters.

pure ingots is alternative recipes that uses refinery instead of smelter, these have better ratio of ore to ingot, (smelter is 1:1, refinery is 7:13) at the cost of power and needing water.

[Bobucles]

Originally posted by Maehlice:

In the end zero, because Pure Ingots.

Refinery alt iron/copper recipes are over rated. The effort of setting up higher efficiency can be overcome by tapping more mining nodes. The map has FAR more nodes than any ordinary player will ever use.

A fully loaded refinery station with piping, power etc. can take a full day to set up, while a smelting nest can be set up in an hour or so.

[mulberryman]

it depends on a few factors not least of which is the purity of the ore node but generally you divide the miners output by the smelters requirement to get the number of smelters needed

[Maehlice]

Originally posted by Bobucles:

Originally posted by Maehlice:

In the end zero, because Pure Ingots.

Refinery alt iron/copper recipes are over rated.

Tell that to FICSIT!

I enjoy the challenge(?) of maximizing a node before tapping another, so it works for me.

[76561198299775669]

if impure 2 is efficient if normal 3 is good but pure is 6 i mean it will take 3 splitters but its worth it

[Geck0]

As many as the node can supply.

[starkmaddness]

As many as you have space for, especially for pure nodes. Seriously.

Pure...
120/min = 4 smelters at 100%

Upgrade to MK2 miner = 8 smelters at 100%
Upgrade to MK3 miner = 16 smelters at 100%

You can also overclock the miner at any time. You can overclocking smelters, but you are better off simply making more.

So... Make a BUNCH and then underclock them to just enough to handle your miner. Set the smelter rate to Miner-output / # of Smelters.


Note: For the sake of fun you can simply leave space for more then add them as you grow, so you don't front-load all the work.

[lPaladinl]

However many Smelters it takes to cover your entire throughput. If you have 60 ores per minute, then you want to have enough processing power to process at least 60 ores per minute.

[Shahadem]

Originally posted by Maehlice:

In the beginning? On 120/min, 9 -- underclocked according to the downstream lines.

In the end zero, because Pure Ingots.

I avoid refineries the way most people avoid the plague.

[Kevlan]

The pure recipes are great if you are REALLY trying to maximize the use of a node, but I prefer the alloy recipes. They aren't quite as resource-efficient, but smelters are a lot easier to manage and produce ingots a lot faster.

For the OP, however, you will soon find that you will need to use a lot more smelters. Instead of using one splitter to feed three smelters, trying creating a long line of smelters. On the input end of each smelter put a splitter with the input facing your miner, all in a long line. Then feed the belt from your miner into the first splitter and connect them all up. Do something similar with the smelter outputs - Put a merger at the output end of each smelter with the OUTPUT of each merger facing the same way. Hook them all up and get a bunch of ingots out of the last merger. This kind of thing takes a while to get going - The first few smelters will absorb a lot of the ores while they fill up their input buffers, but eventually everything will fill up and balance out.

[sansee]

Originally posted by Derek Pope:

I usually use 3 Smelters because then I dont have to build another splitter, but whats the most effiecient ?

The most efficient way is to use the manifold system and then max out what the belt/miner can give you.

F.ex.
120 gives you 4 smelters.
270 gives you 9 smelters.
300 gives you 10 smelters.
360 gives you 12 smelters.
et cet.

https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Manifold
https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/File:Manifold_Schematics.png
Do note that by using this method and you follow the math correctly, just have patient and the last lines will fill up as time goes by. If you're left with more than it goes up in 30 (per smelter) then add one more and underclock it.

Also, overclocking the miner can give you more out of each node.