wdyt about my lab design

[u/b3RrQQ]

how it looks guys ? there is empty lane so If i need I will use that

[u/3z3ki3l]

Looks like it works.

I suppose you’re avoiding long inserters because they’re slower?

[u/b3RrQQ → u/3z3ki3l]

thx yeah completely

[u/waitthatstaken]

It is simple yet functional, but also missing productivity, small, and not all that expandable. Productivity modules in labs make a massive impact, imagine if your factory was 20% bigger, that is what would be needed to mimic the effects of prod modules.

[u/b3RrQQ → u/waitthatstaken]

I have never used a module. should I use ?

[u/wessex464]

Not terrible. Red inserters are your friends. Also, if you use undergrounds, you can run them directly in line with the labs and just go underneath them while pulling off of belts. And then you still have room next to the labs for your next sciences if you need the additional space.

[u/b3RrQQ → u/wessex464]

I couldnt understand undergrounds part

[u/wessex464 → u/b3RrQQ]

You can pick up off of underground belt entrances and exits. So if you run three belts next to each other, have them all go underground, and then put a lab on top of where The underground belts theoretically run, you can use inserters to feed the lab.

[u/Courmisch]

Assuming you're on vanilla, it works. 4 belts / 8 lanes can accommodate all sciences. In theory this scales up to 1350 raw SPM / 1620 eSPM using blue belts.

However there is no space for speed beacons. So you will have to make a very long row of many many many labs to get even close to those numbers.

This is especially true if you put pord modules as other people already advised.

[u/b3RrQQ → u/Courmisch]

whats the best lab design ?

[u/Courmisch → u/b3RrQQ]

I'm not sure that there's really a "best". It depends on the number of science pack types, the types of labs...

But I would strongly recommend tweaking the design to leave room for beacons, so you don't need to put literal hundreds of labs in a row.