How To Automate Reinforced Iron Plate Production In…

As players progress through Satisfactory's tech tree, building projects will require more advanced materials made via more complicated means. Crafting Reinforced Iron Plates is going to be the first major hurdle that new players need to solve.

Setting up an automated assembly line for Reinforced Iron Plates is going to be tricky, but if you've already developed a feel for how things are supposed to flow, this material shouldn't be that hard to produce. Here's an overview of how to make Reinforced Iron Plates as well a sample production line layout to help new Satisfactory players get started.

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How To Make Reinforced Iron Plates In Satisfactory

Making Reinforced Iron Plates in an Assembler's menu in Satisfactory — Satisfactory Reinforced Iron Plates Assembler menu

Players can start crafting Reinforced Iron Plates once they unlock the third HUB upgrade during the Onboarding process. These can be made by hand at Crafting Benches, but since this game is all about efficiency, automating the process should be the goal.

To craft a Reinforced Iron Plate, players need Iron Plates and Screws. Producing the former is simple, but making the latter is a three-stage process that involves mining Iron, creating Iron Plates, turning those plates into Iron Rods, before finally fabricating Screws. This entire process can be automated by building Smelters, Constructors, and Assemblers, and it can potentially be made easier by using some of the best mods for Satisfactory..

Automating Reinforced Iron Plate Production In Satisfactory

Basic Reinforced iron Plate production layout in Satisfactory — Satisfactory Reinforced Iron Plate Layout

The images above shows a basic layout for producing Reinforced Iron Plates from one Assembler with the following buildings and production values:

One Miner Mk. 1 gathering 120 Iron Ore per minute on a Pure Iron Node
Two Smelters each producing 30 Iron Ingots per minute
One Overclocked Constructor making 30 Iron Plates per minute
One Constructor producing 15 Iron Rods per minute
One Overclocked Constructor producing 60 Screws per minute
One Assembler making 5 Reinforced Iron Plates per minute

An Assembler needs 30 Iron Plates and 60 Screws per minute to achieve its optimal Reinforced Iron Plate production rate. Overclocking buildings is great if players don't have enough space to work, but if that isn't an option, feel free to make additional Constructors or Smelters. Don't worry too much about over-producing materials.

In the absence of a Pure Iron Node, either use a Mk. 2 Miner or connect to two Mk. 1 Miners to the same production line. Using Portable Miners in Satisfactory is fine if you need to stockpile resources, but they cannot be relied upon when it comes to automation.

More buildings will naturally increase your power demand as well, so make sure to keep your preferred power generators running at all times. Automated Biomass Burners will suffice, but creating a power plant with Coal Generators is strongly advised.

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