Ore-to-steel (1 blue belt of ore, 13 steel/s)

Consumes

• 1 blue belt of iron ore (45/s or 2700/min)
• ~70 MW

Produces

• 12.96 steel per second, or 777.6 per minute.

Notes

https://kirkmcdonald.github.io/calc.html#data=0-17-1&belt=express-transport-belt&dm=p3&db=s3&dbc=16&items=steel-plate:r:3888/5

Takes a while to stabilize, since the iron smelters slowly fill up. I decided not to put circuit network conditions on the iron ore inserters to prevent this, since doing so hurt throughput.

The infinity chests etc. are for demonstration purposes only.

See also

• Also 777 steel/min, but narrower design: https://factorioprints.com/view/-LNic1PpfBRaOBYlcpfs
• Full blue belt of steel: https://factorioprints.com/view/-L5UUB8gGPHG7UZeZbdw