Satisfactory item data

Plastic

Every recipe that produces Plastic, compared at 100% clock speed on a single machine.

“Alternate: Recycled Plastic” is by far the fastest, 60.00 items/min in a Refinery against 20.00 items/min for “Plastic”. The catch is that the Rubber it runs on is itself made from Plastic (it also needs Fuel). The two are a pair and neither starts from nothing, so run the partner step first and close the loop once it is turning.

Solid items AWESOME Sink: 75 pt/item Japanese: プラスチック ID: Desc_Plastic_C

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Produced by 3 recipes

Plastic

Standard

Building: Refinery
Power consumption: 30.00 MW
Cycle time: 6.00 sec

Ingredients

Crude Oil 30.00 m³/min

Products

Plastic 20.00 items/min
Heavy Oil Residue 10.00 m³/min

Output rate per machine: 20.00 items/min

Output per MW: 0.67 items/min / MW

Output per unit of ingredient

per 1 m³ of Crude Oil 0.67 item

Residual Plastic

Standard

Building: Refinery
Power consumption: 30.00 MW
Cycle time: 6.00 sec

Ingredients

Polymer Resin 60.00 items/min
Water 20.00 m³/min

Products

Plastic 20.00 items/min

Output rate per machine: 20.00 items/min

Output per MW: 0.67 items/min / MW

Output per unit of ingredient

per 1 item of Polymer Resin 0.33 item
per 1 m³ of Water 1.00 item

Alternate: Recycled Plastic

Alternate

Building: Refinery
Power consumption: 30.00 MW
Cycle time: 12.00 sec

Ingredients

Rubber 30.00 items/min
Fuel 30.00 m³/min

Products

Plastic 60.00 items/min

Output rate per machine: 60.00 items/min

Output per MW: 2.00 items/min / MW

Output per unit of ingredient

per 1 item of Rubber 2.00 item
per 1 m³ of Fuel 2.00 item

Used by 10 recipes

Alternate: Plastic AI Limiter Plastic 28.00 items/min

Assembler, 15.00 s cycle
Ingredients
- Quickwire 120.00 items/min
- Plastic 28.00 items/min
Products
- AI Limiter 8.00 items/min
Alternate: Caterium Circuit Board Plastic 12.50 items/min

Assembler, 48.00 s cycle
Ingredients
- Plastic 12.50 items/min
- Quickwire 37.50 items/min
Products
- Circuit Board 8.75 items/min
Alternate: Classic Battery Plastic 60.00 items/min

Manufacturer, 8.00 s cycle
Ingredients
- Sulfur 45.00 items/min
- Alclad Aluminum Sheet 52.50 items/min
- Plastic 60.00 items/min
- Wire 90.00 items/min
Products
- Battery 30.00 items/min
Alternate: Coated Iron Plate Plastic 7.50 items/min

Assembler, 8.00 s cycle
Ingredients
- Iron Ingot 37.50 items/min
- Plastic 7.50 items/min
Products
- Iron Plate 75.00 items/min
Alternate: Plastic Smart Plating Plastic 7.50 items/min

Manufacturer, 24.00 s cycle
Ingredients
- Reinforced Iron Plate 2.50 items/min
- Rotor 2.50 items/min
- Plastic 7.50 items/min
Products
- Smart Plating 5.00 items/min
Alternate: Recycled Rubber Plastic 30.00 items/min

Refinery, 12.00 s cycle
Ingredients
- Plastic 30.00 items/min
- Fuel 30.00 m³/min
Products
- Rubber 60.00 items/min
Circuit Board Plastic 30.00 items/min

Assembler, 8.00 s cycle
Ingredients
- Copper Sheet 15.00 items/min
- Plastic 30.00 items/min
Products
- Circuit Board 7.50 items/min
Computer Plastic 40.00 items/min

Manufacturer, 24.00 s cycle
Ingredients
- Circuit Board 10.00 items/min
- Cable 20.00 items/min
- Plastic 40.00 items/min
Products
- Computer 2.50 items/min
Supercomputer Plastic 52.50 items/min

Manufacturer, 32.00 s cycle
Ingredients
- Computer 7.50 items/min
- AI Limiter 3.75 items/min
- High-Speed Connector 5.63 items/min
- Plastic 52.50 items/min
Products
- Supercomputer 1.88 items/min
Empty Canister Plastic 30.00 items/min

Constructor, 4.00 s cycle
Ingredients
- Plastic 30.00 items/min
Products
- Empty Canister 60.00 items/min

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How to read these numbers

Rates per minute are given at 100% clock speed. Solids are shown in items/min, fluids and gases in m³/min. Output per MW compares the step on its own; it excludes the power used upstream and by extraction.

Game data: 1.1.x / Generated: 2026-08-14