Copper plate — Factorio Production Calculator
Copper plate is crafted in the furnace in 3.2 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 1 × Copper ore. At 60 per minute you need 3.2 furnaces, and the chain behind it draws on 1 raw resources: copper ore.
Production chain for 60 Copper plate / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper plate | 60 | 3.2 | Furnace |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Copper ore | 60 |
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.
Copper plate recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furnace | 3.2 s | 1 | Copper ore × 1 |
What the whole chain needs
This recipe has no intermediate steps: every ingredient is a raw resource, so the chain is a single machine block fed straight from mining or pumpjacks. At 60 per minute that is 3 machines and nothing else to build.
Belt check: the busiest input here moves 60 per minute, which is 0.07 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 copper plate
18 base-game recipes consume copper plate, sorted by how much each one takes:
- Nuclear reactor — 500 per craft
- Heat exchanger — 100 per craft
- Heavy armor — 100 per craft
- Steam turbine — 50 per craft
- Heat pipe — 20 per craft
- Low density structure — 20 per craft
- Combat shotgun — 10 per craft
- Gun turret — 10 per craft
- Shotgun — 10 per craft
- Piercing shotgun shells — 5 per craft
- Pistol — 5 per craft
- Solar panel — 5 per craft
- Submachine gun — 5 per craft
- Piercing rounds magazine — 2 per craft
- Shotgun shells — 2 per craft
- Automation science pack — 1 per craft
- Battery — 1 per craft
- Copper cable — 1 per craft
FAQ
How many furnaces do I need for 60 copper plates per minute?
3.2 furnaces. One at standard speed produces 18.8 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 copper plate take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 60 copper ore per minute. Those numbers are the theoretical minimum — mining productivity research and productivity modules both reduce them.
Is copper plate needed for science packs?
Yes — it goes directly into Automation science pack. Open the science pack page to see the demand that lands on this recipe.
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.