Radar — Factorio Production Calculator
Radar is crafted in the assembling machine in 0.5 seconds, producing 1 per craft from 5 × Electronic circuit, 5 × Iron gear wheel, 10 × Iron plate. At 60 per minute you need 1 assembling machine, and the chain behind it draws on 2 raw resources: iron ore, copper ore.
Production chain for 60 Radar / minute
| Item | Per minute | Machines | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron plate | 1,500 | 80 | Furnace |
| Copper cable | 900 | 7.5 | Assembling machine |
| Copper plate | 450 | 24 | Furnace |
| Electronic circuit | 300 | 5 | Assembling machine |
| Iron gear wheel | 300 | 5 | Assembling machine |
| Radar | 60 | 1 | Assembling machine |
Raw materials
| Resource | Per minute |
|---|---|
| Iron ore | 1,500 |
| Copper ore | 450 |
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.
Radar recipe
| Machine | Crafting time | Output | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembling machine | 0.5 s | 1 | Electronic circuit × 5, Iron gear wheel × 5, Iron plate × 10 |
What the whole chain needs
60 radars per minute pulls in 5 intermediate products, and the whole tree comes to 123 machines across 2 machine types, fed by 2 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 1,500 per minute, which is 1.67 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 radar
3 base-game recipes consume radar, sorted by how much each one takes:
- Satellite — 5 per craft
- Spidertron — 2 per craft
- Artillery shell — 1 per craft
What radar is made from
- Electronic circuit — 5 per craft
- Iron gear wheel — 5 per craft
- Iron plate — 10 per craft
FAQ
How many assembling machines do I need for 60 radars 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 radar take?
At 60/min the chain consumes 1,500 iron ore per minute, 450 copper ore per minute. Those numbers are the theoretical minimum — mining productivity research and productivity modules both reduce them.
Is radar needed for science packs?
Not directly. It feeds Satellite and Spidertron, 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.