Unified Foundry

Author: Calen
Built for Update 3
vU3.2.1

Description

The Unified Foundry provides a single facility to produce everything that utilizes a molten channel. It is designed for use from mid to end game. The modules of the Unified Foundry are designed to link seamlessly together. Therefore, it is very important to read the installation instructions for each blueprint in order to properly place each blueprint.

Note: Installation images and instructions can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/unified-foundry-installation-instructions-3ZU4SUY.

Stages of the Unified Foundry:

• Stage 1: Initial Build for Iron, Steel, Copper, Glass Smelting, & Recycling
• Stage 2: Silicon Production
• Stage 3: Cooling Tower Upgrade
• Stage 4: Gold Smelting
• Stage 5: Glass II Upgrade
• Stage 6: Arc Furnace II Upgrade for Silicon
• Stage 7: Arc Furnace II Upgrade for Everything Else
• Stage 8: Aluminum Smelting
• Stage 9: Titanium Alloy Smelting

Note: Due to the COI:Hub size limit of 100k per blueprint upload, I am unable to include a completed build with the Unified Foundry. I have created a separate blueprint though, which you can get here: https://hub.coigame.com/Blueprint/Detail/997.

Transport

My current transport modus operandi is to use trains to transport ore processed at the mines and use belts & pipes for transport between factories. However, I understand that some of you prefer to only use belts & pipes. As such, I have included two options for ingress transport: belts & pipes only or hybrid (train station for ore with belts & pipes for the rest). Egress also has two options, they are "normal" or flipped. If products leave the one side of the Unified Foundry and enter the Manufacturing Hub on its opposing side (e.g.: products leave the UF on the left and enter the MH on its right side, or vice versa) then use the "normal" egress transport. If you use the same side for each, use the flipped blueprint.

Both ingress and egress transports have a hookup blueprint which includes initial belts and pipes passing under vehicle ramps. These must be placed first.

Tips

1. Use the UF Footprint Guide blueprint to make sure you have enough space.
2. Start with constructing the pipes, conveyors, and storage first. Then construct the production buildings as needed.
3. Upgrade conveyors to tier III as needed and able.

Metrics by Stage

Note: Total values with an x/x/x format indicate Stage 5, Stage 7, & Stage 9 values.

Functional Input

Resource Input

Product Output

Byproduct Output

Change Log

vU3.2.1 - Fixed 4 copper belts going the wrong direction.
vU3.2.0 - Massive Update
- Added Aluminum and Titanium Alloy smelting.
- Increased Copper Smelting Channels from 12 to 16.
- Added 4 mixers II to recycle sulfur into acid.
- Updated both ingress and egress transport designs.
- Moved 7th air separator to bottom near silicon furnaces.
- Updated sand and coal belts to silicon furnaces to accomodate.
- Updated every stage but Glass II to accomodate above changes.
- Updated Silicon and Silicon II stages to split silicon reactors.
- Spread the addition of large cooling towers across various stages.
- Removed the completed build blueprint as the Unified Foundry was too big for COI:Hub.
- Worried that I forgot to do something. Decided to take deep breaths instead.
vU3.1.3 - Removed two iron smelters and replaced them with 2 steel smelters.
Added a seventh air separator to accommodate new steel smelters.
Updated Stage 2 belt and pipes to accommodate new air separator.
Added train ingress station.
Resource Ingress and Egress are created but Egress one isn't used yet. Ingress one is used with the station.
vU3.1.2a - Fixed direction of gold ore concentrate conveyor.
vU3.1.2 - Added a second u-shaped conveyor belt for sand to the silicon furnaces.
Switched all ingress storage (except scrap storage) to full truck import and all egress storage to full truck export.
Adjusted Stage 7 water pipes to accommodate second sand belt.
vU3.1.1 - Readded missing acid pipe for gold Settling Tanks.
Fixed direction of one of the glass Arc Furnace II steam egress pipes.
vU3.1.0 - Built for Update 3
v2.4.1 - Added "Foundry Ingress Transport - Completed Build" blueprint for use with the "Unified Foundry - Complete Build" blueprint.
v2.4.0 - Incorporated recycling (Stage 1a) into the Base Complex (Stage 1).
Also upgraded certain pipes in the stage 1 blueprint that required upgrading later on to accommodate increased flow.
v2.3.1 - Minor transport corrections/improvements
v2.3.0 - Updated transport to connect more easily with other transports, particularly the Manufacturing Hub. This is now part of my Transport System.
Updated the Recycling module to be more integrated by removing scrap belts from ingress transport and instead have them be a part of this module.
Updated "Complete" blueprint. This should fix whatever problem there was with the steam pipes in the previous version.
v2.2.2 - Upgraded right-side exhaust filtration steam pipe to cooling towers to tier III. Upgraded silicon exhaust pipe to tier III
v2.2.1 - Added a second egress transport with different orientation.
v2.2.0 - New Recycling Module.
Iron Ore Crusher has been updated to include balancers.
Ingress transport has been updated to account for recycling module.
Egress transport has been updated to include recyclables transport as well as updated to fit better with the Manufacturing Hub ingress transport.
Updated additional egress transport blueprints accordingly.
v2.1.5 - Fixed steam piping for glass furnaces in stage 7 blueprint.
Added completed build blueprint.
v2.1.4 - Updated a couple transport paths.
v2.1.3 - Updated Arc Furnace II Upgrade blueprint to fix coal ingress transport for Silicon.
v2.1.2 - Updated exhaust piping to prevent instance of exhaust leakage to smoke stacks.
v2.1.1 - Updated blueprint to correct use of Flat Conveyor I in a small section.