Pipe — Factorio Production Calculator
Pipe is crafted in the assembling machine in 0.5 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 1 × Iron plate. At 60 per minute you need 1 assembling machine, and the chain behind it draws on 1 raw resources: iron ore.
Production chain for 60 Pipe / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pipe | 60 | 1 | Assembling machine |
| Iron plate | 60 | 3.2 | Furnace |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Iron 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.
Pipe recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembling machine | 0.5 s | 1 | Iron plate × 1 |
What the whole chain needs
60 pipes per minute pulls in 1 intermediate product, and the whole tree comes to 4 machines across 2 machine types, fed by 1 raw resource. 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 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 pipe
15 base-game recipes consume pipe, sorted by how much each one takes:
- Rocket silo — 100 per craft
- Steam turbine — 20 per craft
- Artillery wagon — 16 per craft
- Flamethrower turret — 10 per craft
- Heat exchanger — 10 per craft
- Oil refinery — 10 per craft
- Pipe to ground — 10 per craft
- Pumpjack — 10 per craft
- Fluid wagon — 8 per craft
- Chemical plant — 5 per craft
- Steam engine — 5 per craft
- Boiler — 4 per craft
- Offshore pump — 3 per craft
- Engine unit — 2 per craft
- Pump — 1 per craft
What pipe is made from
- Iron plate — 1 per craft
FAQ
How many assembling machines do I need for 60 pipes 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 pipe take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 60 iron ore per minute. Those numbers are the theoretical minimum — mining productivity research and productivity modules both reduce them.
Is pipe needed for science packs?
Not directly. It feeds Rocket silo and Steam turbine, 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.