Burner mining drill — Factorio Production Calculator
Burner mining drill is crafted in the assembling machine in 2 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 3 × Iron gear wheel, 1 × Stone furnace, 3 × Iron plate. At 60 per minute you need 4 assembling machines, and the chain behind it draws on 2 raw resources: iron ore, stone.
Production chain for 60 Burner mining drill / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron plate | 540 | 28.8 | Furnace |
| Iron gear wheel | 180 | 3 | Assembling machine |
| Burner mining drill | 60 | 4 | Assembling machine |
| Stone furnace | 60 | 1 | Assembling machine |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Iron ore | 540 |
| Stone | 300 |
Machine counts are not rounded up. Add a little headroom in game — belt throughput and inserter speed usually mean you want 5-10% more than the exact number.
Burner mining drill recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembling machine | 2 s | 1 | Iron gear wheel × 3, Stone furnace × 1, Iron plate × 3 |
What the whole chain needs
60 burner mining drills per minute pulls in 3 intermediate products, and the whole tree comes to 37 machines across 2 machine types, fed by 2 raw resources. The table above already sums demand across every branch — if copper cable is used by two recipes, you see the total, not one of them.
Belt check: the busiest input here moves 540 per minute, which is 0.6 of a yellow belt's 900 per minute. Above 1.0 and you need a second belt (or a faster tier) before the machines themselves become the limit.
What uses burner mining drill
No base-game recipe consumes burner mining drill — it is an end product. Once you build it, the chain stops here, which makes it a good target if you only want to size the sub-factory that feeds your mall.
What burner mining drill is made from
- Iron gear wheel — 3 per craft
- Stone furnace — 1 per craft
- Iron plate — 3 per craft
FAQ
How many assembling machines do I need for 60 burner mining drills per minute?
4 assembling machines. One at standard speed produces 15 per minute, so 60 ÷ that number is the count. The calculator above rounds nothing — add 5-10% headroom for belt and inserter losses in a real factory.
How much raw ore does burner mining drill take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 540 iron ore per minute, 300 stone per minute. Those numbers are the theoretical minimum — mining productivity research and productivity modules both reduce them.
Machine counts assume bare machines at standard speed. Recipe data comes from the game's own prototypes (PlayerCalc, Factorio 2.0 base game). Not affiliated with Wube Software.