Gate — Factorio Production Calculator
Gate is crafted in the assembling machine in 0.5 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 1 × Wall, 2 × Steel plate, 2 × Electronic circuit. At 60 per minute you need 1 assembling machine, and the chain behind it draws on 3 raw resources: iron ore, stone, copper ore.
Production chain for 60 Gate / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron plate | 720 | 38.4 | Furnace |
| Copper cable | 360 | 3 | Assembling machine |
| Stone brick | 300 | 16 | Furnace |
| Copper plate | 180 | 9.6 | Furnace |
| Steel plate | 120 | 32 | Furnace |
| Electronic circuit | 120 | 2 | Assembling machine |
| Gate | 60 | 1 | Assembling machine |
| Wall | 60 | 1 | Assembling machine |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Iron ore | 720 |
| Stone | 600 |
| Copper ore | 180 |
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.
Gate recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembling machine | 0.5 s | 1 | Wall × 1, Steel plate × 2, Electronic circuit × 2 |
What the whole chain needs
60 gates per minute pulls in 7 intermediate products, and the whole tree comes to 103 machines across 2 machine types, fed by 3 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 720 per minute, which is 0.8 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 gate
No base-game recipe consumes gate — 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 gate is made from
- Wall — 1 per craft
- Steel plate — 2 per craft
- Electronic circuit — 2 per craft
FAQ
How many assembling machines do I need for 60 gates per minute?
1 assembling machine. One at standard speed produces 60 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 gate take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 720 iron ore per minute, 600 stone per minute, 180 copper ore 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.