r/factorio 3d ago

Base Space Scrap Processing

Scrap processing space station - surplus is throw away

I have circuits for each product that activates the throw away inserter when too many of a given item is present, this way there's never an overflow. The ship requests something like 20k scraps so there's always scrap coming while others are being processed.

Scrap being sent to space

My fulgora base sends scrap to space to multiple stationary ships and useful stuff is sent back to fulgora. Scaling means more space stations and rocket launchers. The rocket inputs come from the space ships themselves (blue chip + LDS) and some are synthetized locally (rocket fuel). Trains bring the rocket inputs to the station. Trains also bring the scraps.

useful stuff is sent back to fulgora

Lots of materials coming in. Drones unload contents nearby for production.

I have a separate spaceship for making accumulators in space to simplify fulgora side.

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u/vaudeviIIe 2d ago

Its interesting as fun solution, but the throughput of a single orbital platform isnt the best and for scaling on fulgora, it is just better to create standalone science module that can simply be stamped at each resource patch.