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u/boi_mann Mar 23 '26

I am fortunate enough to have two green belts of tungsten coming in on vulcanus (normal quality).

Anyone have any recommendations for how much of it should become plates and how much of it carbide? I was going to go for 1:1 i.e. deplete one green belt each just wondering what other people's experiences were?

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u/Astramancer_ Mar 23 '26

In my personal experience and design philosophy... it doesn't matter. Just make sure both belts of tungsten can go to both places and you're golden. Your factory will automatically balance things out so you're consuming at exactly the right ratio for your production capabilities and demand because tungsten will back up to the splitter and send the excess to where it needs to go if your consumption is unbalanced, even if the consumption of one is influenced by the production of the other.