Create fluid infrastructure includes pipes, pumps and tanks for moving or storing liquids used by processing and power systems.
System planning
- Mechanical Pumps require rotation and establish fluid movement through connected pipes.
- Fluid Tanks buffer supply and make liquid systems legible as factory equipment.
- Spouts turn stored/supplied fluid into item-processing steps.
Applications
- Supply steam-related water systems.
- Feed filling recipes and decorative beverage/food lines.
- Move fluids between industrial modules without loose channels.
Fluid systems
- Pipes and pumps need a defined direction, source and destination.
- Keep tank capacity and supply reliability in mind before depending on a fluid-dependent factory.
Safe layouts
- Keep pipes legible and give steam/boiler systems space around their heat and water supply.
- Separate decorative fluid features from essential production feeds.
Fluid networks
A fluid system needs the same clarity as a belt line: a known source, a defined flow direction, enough storage and a machine that consumes or outputs the fluid. Use visible tanks and accessible pumps so a supply failure can be found quickly.
Fluid-dependent power or processing should be commissioned conservatively. A beautiful boiler hall that runs out of supply during production is still an unreliable factory.
Station and factory use
Fluid handling supports convincing depots, fuel works and industrial yards. Where a route supplies multiple players, separate operational pipes from purely decorative water or fuel features.
Components covered
Fluid PipeCarries liquid through builds.Mechanical PumpRotationally drives fluid flow.Fluid TankStores liquid as industrial infrastructure.Hose PulleyInteracts with larger fluid bodies/reservoirs.Smart Fluid PipeFiltered fluid-routing tool.Portable Fluid InterfaceTransfers fluids between a moving contraption and fixed infrastructure.