Factorio Blueprints

These are some un/loader blueprints for independent train fed subfactories. The number one time sink for building these is usually the manual belt routing, which these designs try to reduce to the bare minimum while still retaining a modular core. Key for this is the assumption that any production block follows the usual (beacon->7tiles->beacon) layout, which allows us to predict a major part of the needed belt works. The result is an L shape of (un/loader->beltCurve->productionBlock), which is kinda space inefficient on it's own. To consolidate this downside, it's possible to combine two of these L shaped subfactories to form a proper rectangular block.

Also of note is the 4 tile high un/loader designs, which are espacially important here because they enable the optimal distance for yellow undergrounds on the belt curve part, similar to the usual 4belt wide main bus layout.

The connection to the rails is a bit unusual as the trains need to do a loop before actually entering the station. The main purpose of this is to maintain a compact overall footprint and not interfere with the tracks rail signals, however it's pretty terrible for traffic. It's designed to be compatible with (my own rail blueprints), the large power poles won't align with other sets unless they also use a 48tile global grid.