Save materials general factory tutorial

Universal factories are expensive, mainly because of the expensive structure blocks.

By replacing the structure block with an input bus, you only need:

• 41 Multifunction Blocks -> 8 Universal Factories (6 exclusive slots per factory)

• 59 Multifunction Blocks -> 12 Universal Factories (8 per factory with 6 exclusive slots, 4 per factory with 2 exclusive slots)

• 73 Multifunction Blocks -> 16 Universal Factories (8 per factory with 6 exclusive slots, 8 per factory with 2 exclusive slots)

• 41+18=59 Multifunction Blocks -> 8 Modular Universal Factories (10 exclusive slots per factory)

• 73+18=91 Multifunction Blocks -> 16 Modular Universal Factories (8 per factory with 6 exclusive slots, 8 per factory with 4 exclusive slots)

• 73+18*2=109 Multifunction Blocks -> 16 Modular Universal Factories (8 per factory with 10 exclusive slots, 8 per factory with 4 exclusive slots)

Maintenance Bays and Acceleration Bays must occupy exclusive slots, Input Bays are recommended to occupy exclusive slots.

Wired Energy Cubes are recommended to occupy exclusive slots, while Wireless Energy Cubes do not need to occupy exclusive slots.

First, build 41 Universal Machine Blocks into the shape shown on the left (the right side is the decomposition diagram).

Then fill the overall frame and the universal factory host

Then

This way we get an 8-in-1 universal factory composed of 41 multifunctional machine blocks, with each factory having 6 slots for exclusive modules as shown in the picture. Available modules include Maintenance Module, Acceleration Module, Input Module, Output Module, and Energy Module.

Warning,It is not recommended to share energy containers until you have wireless energy containers.Because machines do not recognize whether they are sharing a container with others, they will treat all energy containers on them as their own. For example, if two machines share a 2A MV energy container, they will both try to run at full capacity of this 2A MV. For recipes around 1A, machines will try to overclock once every 4 ticks to consume this power, so it's possible that both machines consume 1A each without issue. However, some recipes consume only 0.5A, and the Industrial Machine has parallelism. 0.5A recipes and 2 parallelism will cause the machine to run at full capacity of this 2A MV, leaving the other machine with no power available, eventually causing power outages.

The actual power supply capability of the Wireless Energy Cube is greater than its current supply capabilityFor example, a 4A HV Wireless Energy Cube has a capacity of 12.8A×s, and the wireless network will fill this capacity every second. Therefore, its actual current supply capability is 12.8A, but the machine will only draw 4A. ThusWireless Energy Cubes can be shared by three factories simultaneously without power outagesWe can share one energy cube between our two factories

At the same time,shared output hatches and output buses require extra attention. For example, two assembly machines start crafting vacuum tubes and resistors simultaneously, but they share the same ULV output bus. Assembly machine A finishes outputting vacuum tubes, but assembly machine B also finishes at the same time. The output bus is currently blocked by vacuum tubes, and the resistorswill be swallowed. This can happen with both items and fluids. Later on, when using ME output buses and ME output hatches, you won't have to worry about this problem anymore. The workaround is also very simple: increase the output bus and output hatch to a size where all machines running simultaneously won't cause a blockage, and this problem will be solved.

Consuming 18 Universal Machine Blocks can add 12 Universal Factories, and consuming another 14 can add 16 Universal Factories, but this will severely reduce the exclusive chamber space of the middle factories, leaving only two slots, which can only accommodate an input chamber and a maintenance chamber.

For every 4 Assembly Machines, an additional 9 Multifunctional Machine Blocks willdoubletheirparallelprocessingcapacity and grant extra exclusive chamber slots. This means you can spend 36 Multifunctional Machine Blocks to upgrade all 16 Assembly Machines, or only 18 Multifunctional Machine Blocks to upgrade only the middle 8 Assembly Machines. Note that some Assembly Machines need to be rotated 180°. You can place an Acceleration Chamber in the inner slot, as Acceleration Chambers do not need external interaction.

There are too many machine types, we need to selectively place machines in the universal factory.

Red marked are essential machines (13), green marked are lower priority machines (3), blue marked are machines that need to be placed in a cleanroom (3).

Different machines have different requirements for the number of dedicated chambers; for example, Assemblers greatly benefit from multiple input chambers.

The image below shows my suggested layout (16 modules machines, with wireless energy hatch)

Input Side:

Three input buses for the Rolling Mill, four input buses for the Loom, each marked with the corresponding circuit for all recipes.

The machines in the middle don't really need input chambers (only the Bender needs two inputs if not programmable). Place inputs for other machines as needed.

Output:

The rolling mill, multi-roll mill, assembly machine, and electrolytic machine share an output bus, so the MV output bus is sufficient. Only the electrolytic machine outputs fluid, so an output bin can be added when it has no output space.

The Loom, Bi-Polar Magnetizer, Mixer, and Sieve share an output bus, an MV output bus is sufficient. Only the Mixer outputs fluids, so add an output hatch for it when it runs out of output space.

Wire Mill, Extruder, Centrifuge, Laser Welder share the output bus. The Centrifuge only has recipes with 7 or more items outputting up to ZPM, so an MV output bus is sufficient. Only the Centrifuge outputs fluids, so add an output hatch for it when it doesn't have output space.

Lathe, Fluid Solidifier, Roll Bender, Glue Applicator share an output bus, an MV output bus is sufficient. The reason for not using LV is the fear that if the parallelism is too high, the screw recipe will output multiple stacks at once and be swallowed.