Modular armor — Factorio Production Calculator
Modular armor is crafted in the assembling machine in 15 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 30 × Advanced circuit, 50 × Steel plate. At 60 per minute you need 30 assembling machines, and the chain behind it draws on 4 raw resources: petroleum gas, iron ore, copper ore, coal.
Production chain for 60 Modular armor / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron plate | 18,600 | 992 | Furnace |
| Copper cable | 18,000 | 150 | Assembling machine |
| Copper plate | 9,000 | 480 | Furnace |
| Electronic circuit | 3,600 | 60 | Assembling machine |
| Plastic bar | 3,600 | 30 | Chemical plant |
| Steel plate | 3,000 | 800 | Furnace |
| Advanced circuit | 1,800 | 360 | Assembling machine |
| Modular armor | 60 | 30 | Assembling machine |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Petroleum gas | 36,000 |
| Iron ore | 18,600 |
| Copper ore | 9,000 |
| Coal | 1,800 |
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.
Modular armor recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembling machine | 15 s | 1 | Advanced circuit × 30, Steel plate × 50 |
What the whole chain needs
60 modular armors per minute pulls in 7 intermediate products, and the whole tree comes to 2,902 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 36,000 per minute, which is 40 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 modular armor
No base-game recipe consumes modular armor — 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 modular armor is made from
- Advanced circuit — 30 per craft
- Steel plate — 50 per craft
FAQ
How many assembling machines do I need for 60 modular armors per minute?
30 assembling machines. One at standard speed produces 2 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 modular armor take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 36,000 petroleum gas per minute, 18,600 iron ore per minute, 9,000 copper ore per minute and 1 more. 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.