Linear assembling (3 high)

[ficolas]

Just a quite useless concept I had the idea to do the other day.

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With red science packs it was pretty easy, but It will be much harder with higher ones (tier 2 science packs may be able to be done 3 high, but I dont think I can do tier 4 3 high.
It runs at the higher efficiency it can run, maybe if I do a "S" shape with it it can be usefull for compacting:

[BurnHard]

useless, yes But nevertheless interesting

[ficolas]

Not that useless! Today I used it in a part of my factory (that screenshot is just a "testing" factory), in a electronic circuit assembler, the wire assemblers are that way, horseshoe factory is more efficient in machines and space, but in the space I had it was better to have it this way.

[slay_mithos]

I really like this design, it's space efficient, and clean looking.

[Zourin]

I'm fond of small linear assemblies like this, as anytime you can run a belt under a factory, you're conserving space. Some of my 'inline' designs had the output on the same side as the input.

What is here is an ABBB design, with one subcomponent and multiple end product factories in a line. I'm curious about something a little more useful, such as an AABBB (multiple subcomponent, multiple product) factories in a narrow profile such as this. The most practical being, of course, a proper 2:3 cable-chip assembly in a 3-wide profile.


(edit: Probably not possible in a 3-wide configuration without dramatically 'extending' the length)