Laser turret — Factorio Production Calculator
Laser turret is crafted in the assembling machine in 20 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 20 × Steel plate, 20 × Electronic circuit, 12 × Battery. At 60 per minute you need 40 assembling machines, and the chain behind it draws on 4 raw resources: water, petroleum gas, iron ore, copper ore.
Production chain for 60 Laser turret / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfuric acid | 14,400 | 4.8 | Chemical plant |
| Iron plate | 8,208 | 437.76 | Furnace |
| Copper cable | 3,600 | 30 | Assembling machine |
| Copper plate | 2,520 | 134.4 | Furnace |
| Sulfur | 1,440 | 12 | Chemical plant |
| Steel plate | 1,200 | 320 | Furnace |
| Electronic circuit | 1,200 | 20 | Assembling machine |
| Battery | 720 | 48 | Chemical plant |
| Laser turret | 60 | 40 | Assembling machine |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Water | 50,400 |
| Petroleum gas | 21,600 |
| Iron ore | 8,208 |
| Copper ore | 2,520 |
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.
Laser turret recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembling machine | 20 s | 1 | Steel plate × 20, Electronic circuit × 20, Battery × 12 |
What the whole chain needs
60 laser turrets per minute pulls in 8 intermediate products, and the whole tree comes to 1,047 machines across 3 machine types, fed by 4 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 50,400 per minute, which is 56 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 laser turret
2 base-game recipes consume laser turret, sorted by how much each one takes:
- Discharge defense — 10 per craft
- Personal laser defense — 5 per craft
What laser turret is made from
- Steel plate — 20 per craft
- Electronic circuit — 20 per craft
- Battery — 12 per craft
FAQ
How many assembling machines do I need for 60 laser turrets per minute?
40 assembling machines. One at standard speed produces 1.5 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 laser turret take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 50,400 water per minute, 21,600 petroleum gas per minute, 8,208 iron ore per minute and 1 more. Those numbers are the theoretical minimum — mining productivity research and productivity modules both reduce them.
Is laser turret needed for science packs?
Not directly. It feeds Discharge defense and Personal laser defense, and those in turn feed the science packs. 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.