Chad's factory · project 02 · permanent production

Frameworks,
forever-ish.

A real ore-fed expansion—not another box of ingredients. Keep your new Framework Assembler. Give it a factory.

5 Frameworks / min11 new machines1 miner upgrade
Stage 1 · before touching a belt

Pack once. Build a proper line.

The new iron module takes 60 Iron Ore/min and makes 2.5 Modular Frames/min. Your existing steel line contributes 30 Steel Beams/min. Together they continuously feed the Assembler you just built.

Keep: the old iron factory, your Framework Assembler at 100%, its two input boxes and its output box. The new machines use standard recipes—not Bolted Frame.

Fixed construction materials

Includes raw materials for the two crafting jobs below, the full Mk.2 miner recipe, 11 machines, 8 splitters and 4 mergers. No credit for dismantle refunds.

26Iron Rod
16Wire
36Reinforced Iron Plate
94Cable
12Rotor
20Steel Pipe
10Modular Frame
28Iron Plate
30Steel Beam
60Concrete
  1. At the Equipment Workshop, craft 2 Portable Miners: 4 Iron Plates + 8 Iron Rods total.
  2. At the Craft Bench, craft 10 Encased Industrial Beams: 30 Steel Beams + 60 Concrete total in your installed recipe version.
  3. Reserve 10 Modular Frames for the miner. They were your entire backpack supply in the snapshot.
  4. Bring extra Iron Plates, Reinforced Iron Plates, Concrete, rods, wire and cable for belts, foundations, lifts and power poles. Those quantities depend on your placement and route lengths; they are not included in the fixed bill.

All fixed raw materials were in your backpack at 12:11 PM. That is a snapshot, not a claim about what you still carry after building the batch.

Power: check the actual connected grid before adding the new block. Leave 90 MW above the existing maximum consumption, with the current Framework and steel machines counted. Nominal coal capacity is not guaranteed available headroom.
Stage 2 · one controlled upgrade

Give old and new iron their own share.

Use the existing Mk.1 iron miner at approximately X −2591 m, Y −447 m. Confirm its outgoing belt reaches one splitter, then exactly two Iron Ingot Smelters. Preserve that splitter and both old smelters.

Identification evidence

The saved miner is Build_MinerMk1_C_2147294718, on saved resource node 108. The two old smelters are at 100%, together needing 60 ore/min. Coordinates and topology identify an existing machine; they are not a surveyed new building site.

Read the node's purity in-game before upgrading. It was not exposed in the save. Select what it actually says:

Check purity first; do not guess the clock.
All pre-calculated settings

Mk.2: Impure → 200% + 2 shards; Normal → 100%; Pure → 50%. Every case targets 120 ore/min. The new production machines themselves need no shards.

  1. Upgrade this miner to Mk.2 and use the setting above.
  2. Insert a new splitter T before the old splitter. Upgrade every segment from the miner to T to Mk.2 (120/min). A hidden short Mk.1 segment would halve supply.
  3. T gets exactly two connected outputs: one Mk.1 belt to the old splitter; one Mk.1 belt toward the new module. Leave its third output disconnected. Each branch carries 60/min.
Mk.2 · 120 ore/minclock depends on purityTOld splitter + smelters60 ore/min · keepNew module60 ore/min · build
Stage 3 · the machine roster

Place these. Set these clocks.

Build beside your Framework setup, with room to route belts. Use a fresh platform if convenient. These are connection diagrams, not a terrain-checked, tile-exact blueprint; choose the physical arrangement you enjoy.

The whole line, at a glance

Machine names match the roster below and the later stages. Each clock applies to each machine. Grouped arrows show combined, settled rates—not equal splitter ratios.

The whole Framework production linePreserve the old 60-ore branch. The new 60-ore branch feeds two smelters. Their 60 ingots feed P1 and P2 plate constructors and R1 and R2 rod constructors. Plates and S1 and S2 screws feed RP. Each rod constructor also feeds its matching F1 or F2 Modular Frame assembler directly. RP feeds both frame assemblers. Combined frames refill the old frame box. Thirty steel beams per minute join 2.5 frames per minute in the existing final assembler, making five Versatile Frameworks per minute. Rates are settled combined draws, not equal splitter allocations. Machine clocks are per machine.Ore supply · 120/minMk.2 belt until the first split60 ore/min60 ore/minExisting ore branchKeep its 60/min supply2 Smelters · 100% eachMerge → 60 iron ingots/min33.75 ingots/min26.25 ingots/minP1 + P2 · Iron Plates2 Constructors · 56.25% eachCombined: 22.5 plates/minR1 + R2 · Iron Rods2 Constructors · 87.5% eachCombined: 26.25 rods/min22.5 plates/min11.25 rods/min15 rods/minkeep these as rodsR1 → F1 · R2 → F2S1 + S2 · Screws2 Constructors · 56.25% eachCombined: 45 screws/min45 screws/minRP · Reinforced Iron Plates1 Assembler · 75%Output: 3.75 reinforced plates/min3.75 reinforced plates/minF1 + F2 · Modular Frames2 Assemblers · 62.5% eachCombined: 2.5 frames/min2.5 frames/minExisting frame boxKeep its outgoing beltExisting steel-beam boxRefill at 30 beams/minStock alone is temporaryExisting Framework Assembler · 100%2.5 frames + 30 beams/minOutput: 5 Versatile Frameworks/min

On a phone, swipe inside the diagram to see both sides. Only dots are junctions. The ingot branch is the demand-fed manifold explained in stage 4; rod splits are detailed in stage 5.

Connection plan, not a floor blueprint. Leave yourself room for belts; terrain and exact machine placement have not been checked.

2 × Smelter · Smelt

Iron Ingot

100% each machine
2 × Constructor · P1 / P2

Iron Plate

56.25% each machine
2 × Constructor · R1 / R2

Iron Rod

87.5% each machine
2 × Constructor · S1 / S2

Screws

56.25% each machine
1 × Assembler · RP

Reinforced Iron Plate

75% each machine
2 × Assembler · F1 / F2

Modular Frame

62.5% each machine
All clocks above apply to each machine, not the pair. Set the listed standard recipe. P means plate, R means rod, S means screw, RP means reinforced plate, F means Modular Frame.

Your existing Versatile Framework Assembler stays at 100%. No new final Assembler and no new storage boxes required.

Stage 4 · ore to ingots

One shared ingot belt.

  1. New 60-ore branch → splitter A → both new Smelters (30/min each).
  2. Merge their outputs into one Mk.1 belt (60 ingots/min).
  3. Use three splitters in a row along that belt. Feed P1 from the first, P2 from the second, R1 from the third; the final onward belt feeds R2 directly.
  4. Leave unused splitter outputs disconnected. No other consumers on this new ingot belt.
2 Smelters → merger → 60 ingots/minP1 · plates · 56.25%P2 · plates · 56.25%R1 · rods · 87.5%R2 · rods · 87.5%

This is a manifold: early machines fill first, then their backed-up inputs leave enough for later machines. Uneven startup is expected. You do not need ratio splitters.

Stage 5 · the two rod branches

Keep rods for frames. Turn the rest into screws.

  1. Merge P1 + P2 plate outputs → RP's plate input.
  2. R1 → splitter → S1 and F1's rod input. Two connected outputs only.
  3. R2 → splitter → S2 and F2's rod input. Same pattern.
  4. Merge S1 + S2 screw outputs → RP's screw input.
R1 · Iron Rod · 87.5%13.125 rods/minS1 · Screws · 56.25%takes 5.625 rods/minF1 · Frame · 62.5%takes 7.5 rods/minRepeat with R2, S2 and F2. Mk.1 belts throughout.
Do not send all the rods into screws. The Modular Frame Assemblers need their direct rod branches. Ordinary splitters settle to the required draws as the smaller consumer's buffer fills.
Stage 6 · finish the iron side

Reinforced plates → Modular Frames.

  1. RP's output → one splitter → the reinforced-plate inputs of F1 and F2. Two connected outputs only.
  2. Merge F1 + F2 outputs → the input of your existing Modular Frame batch container.
  3. Keep that container's outgoing belt connected to your existing Versatile Framework Assembler.
RP · Reinforced Iron Plate · 75%3.75 plates/minF1 · 62.5%1.25 Frames/minF2 · 62.5%1.25 Frames/minExisting frame box · 2.5 Frames/min

Your box is now a buffer on a production line—not the source of its ingredients.

Stage 7 · reuse the steel you already built

One belt out of the beam tower.

Your two existing Steel Beam Constructors at X −2494 / −2482, Y −280 m each make 15 beams/min at 100%. Their outputs already merge into a stack of three containers.

  1. Locate the beam-storage tower at X −2488, Y −260 m. Follow the beam Constructors' output belts if easier.
  2. Use the free output of the bottom container—the last in that three-box chain, saved ID ending 2145951174.
  3. Run a Mk.1 belt to the input of your existing beam batch box. Keep its output feeding the Framework Assembler.
  4. Do not divert the Steel Pipe outputs. Do not change the foundry clocks just to tidy a decimal.
Trade-off: this uses the full 30 beams/min of future production. Extra construction-beam stock will not accumulate while the Framework line runs continuously. Existing stock remains available; pause the Framework Assembler when you want the beam tower to refill.
Why the existing steel chains can match the recipe

Each beam Constructor needs 60 Steel Ingots/min and has a separate buffered foundry chain. The corresponding foundry is set to 134% (nominal 60.3/min), while its Mk.1 links cap actual flow at 60/min—exactly enough here. This does not certify the long upstream iron/coal feeds or their live reliability. Check the actual running chains in Stage 8; stocked containers can conceal a shortage.

Stage 8 · commission, don't merely hope

Now let the machines prove it.

  1. Connect the new machines to the checked power grid. Confirm the miner displays 120 ore/min at its configured setting and the two old Iron Ingot Smelters retain their 30/min feeds.
  2. Let the new manifold and rod branches fill. Keep downstream belts connected; a machine waiting during initial fill is not automatically a bad ratio.
  3. Confirm the new smelters, plate/rod/screw Constructors, RP and F1/F2 all receive their inputs and produce at the listed clocks after startup.
  4. Check both existing beam Constructors: 15/min each while their foundry and resource feeds run. A full beam box draining into the final machine is not proof of permanent steel production.
  5. Existing Framework Assembler: Versatile Framework, 100%. After warm-up, expect 10 Frameworks in 2 productive minutes. Its frame and beam buffers should not continually drain during steady operation. Investigate any source starvation before calling it continuous.
Done means: sustained automatic feeds, no hand top-ups, old iron still supplied, stable connected power and a final machine producing at 5/min. A deliberately full output box stopping the line is normal.
If a machine waits or the grid trips

No ore at the end? Check the miner clock/purity, every Mk.2 trunk segment, and the two-output T splitter. Only R2 waits? Let the ingot manifold fill, then check the listed clocks and excess connections. Frames wait? Check direct rod branches and standard Modular Frame recipes, not Bolted Frame. Only beams fall? Trace the two beam/foundry chains upstream; do not mistake old stock for new flow. Power trips? Disconnect the new block first and restore the existing factory before adding load. Do not dismantle the old line to troubleshoot this module.

This completes the permanent Framework module—not every Space Elevator requirement. It can run while you build the next project.

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