Power armor — Factorio Production Calculator
Power armor is crafted in the assembling machine in 20 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 40 × Processing unit, 20 × Electric engine unit, 40 × Steel plate. At 60 per minute you need 40 assembling machines, and the chain behind it draws on 6 raw resources: petroleum gas, copper ore, iron ore, water, heavy oil, coal.
Production chain for 60 Power armor / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper cable | 199,200 | 1,660 | Assembling machine |
| Copper plate | 99,600 | 5,312 | Furnace |
| Iron plate | 83,040 | 4,428.8 | Furnace |
| Electronic circuit | 60,000 | 1,000 | Assembling machine |
| Lubricant | 18,000 | 30 | Chemical plant |
| Sulfuric acid | 12,000 | 4 | Chemical plant |
| Plastic bar | 9,600 | 80 | Chemical plant |
| Advanced circuit | 4,800 | 960 | Assembling machine |
| Steel plate | 3,600 | 960 | Furnace |
| Processing unit | 2,400 | 800 | Assembling machine |
| Pipe | 2,400 | 40 | Assembling machine |
| Sulfur | 1,200 | 10 | Chemical plant |
| Electric engine unit | 1,200 | 400 | Assembling machine |
| Engine unit | 1,200 | 400 | Assembling machine |
| Iron gear wheel | 1,200 | 20 | Assembling machine |
| Power armor | 60 | 40 | Assembling machine |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Petroleum gas | 114,000 |
| Copper ore | 99,600 |
| Iron ore | 83,040 |
| Water | 42,000 |
| Heavy oil | 18,000 |
| Coal | 4,800 |
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.
Power armor recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembling machine | 20 s | 1 | Processing unit × 40, Electric engine unit × 20, Steel plate × 40 |
What the whole chain needs
60 power armors per minute pulls in 15 intermediate products, and the whole tree comes to 16,145 machines across 3 machine types, fed by 6 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 114,000 per minute, which is 126.67 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 power armor
No base-game recipe consumes power 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 power armor is made from
- Processing unit — 40 per craft
- Electric engine unit — 20 per craft
- Steel plate — 40 per craft
FAQ
How many assembling machines do I need for 60 power armors 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 power armor take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 114,000 petroleum gas per minute, 99,600 copper ore per minute, 83,040 iron ore per minute and 3 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.