Moon Sweepers Moonstone factory: build a working production line

Follow the material paths

This is a functional connection diagram, not a screenshot or a claim about the physical sides of a machine. Match each connection to the material label and direction in your game.

Collected Dust
  ├─ Raw-Dust path ──────────────────────────┐
  └─ Processing path → Pressure Chamber     │
                         ↓ Moon Sand        ↓ Dust
                         └──────────→ Stone Press
                                          ↓ Moonstone
                              Clear output → Station intake

The source can be a working Packager, dock, Garage outfeed or Capsule Catcher route. First confirm that source produces and transfers material. A receiving queue is not proof that a processing machine has accepted the correct input. S07S20S24

Connect one Chamber and one Press first

1. Reserve room for the raw-Dust route, Chamber-to-Press route and finished-material output.
2. Connect a small Dust supply to the Chamber's Dust input. Identify its Moon Sand output using the machine labels.
3. Connect that output to the Press's Moon Sand input.
4. Connect a separate raw-Dust supply to the Press's Dust input. Inspect both input readings.
5. Supply power and verify the machines' status. The reported combined processing load is 28 kW, before any additional connected loads.
6. Follow the finished output all the way to the station intake and observe the receiving and payment displays. S23S24

One of each is a small connection test, not a balanced maximum-output factory. The published equipment prices are $500 and $1,000: $1,500 for the two machines, excluding solar, storage, transport and any missing Building Tool. Use the current purchase menu to budget the whole setup. S22S23

Decide whether another machine will help

Keep a simple selling route available while testing processing so you can compare completed sales. If the existing line is blocked, a second machine adds cost before it answers the connection problem.

What do 1:2 and 2:5 factory ratios mean?

Guides report a Chamber processing 5 kg of Dust per 12 seconds and a Press consuming 1 kg Dust plus 1 kg Sand per 6 seconds to make 2 kg Stone. GamerBlurb explicitly assumes equal-weight Dust-to-Sand yield. Under that assumption, a Chamber supplies a theoretical 25 kg Sand/min, while each Press needs 10 kg Sand/min: 2 Chambers can supply 5 Presses. One Chamber and two Presses leave theoretical Sand capacity unused. S24S28

These calculations require continuous input, the assumed yield, uninterrupted power and transport without queues. They are not a measured optimum. Two Chambers and five Presses would draw a reported 110 kW, and their raw-Dust supply must feed both processing stages. Record actual inventory changes over a fixed interval before scaling. Robot counts do not follow from this machine ratio; the official catcher rule sets receiving behavior, not a fixed Joonas-per-catcher optimum. S04

Continue with the stopped stage

Use Pressure Chamber checks for Sand production, Stone Press checks for the two inputs, and the power guide for load and night operation. The money guide explains why a higher product price does not guarantee faster repayment.