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Inserters

2014-08-18T10:09:11Z

SaberOx: /* Inserters and Transport Belts */

{{sublinks|Transport network}}
[[File:Mpstark-KVmf6LZ.gif|right]]
Inserters are the fundamental structures of a factory, and are a vital component in almost all contraptions. They look and work like a robot-arm and take items from behind and place them in front of it, if the object in front of it has enough space to accomodate for it.

Inserters will:
* '''Pick up''' [[Items]] off the [[Ground]], off a [[Transport belts|Transport belt]], or from any object that has [[Storages/Stack|stacks]] (eg. [[Storages/Chests]], [[Furnace]]s, [[Assembling machine]]s)
* '''Place''' the moved item onto the ground, on a transport belt, or into any object that has stacks.

=== Inserter mechanics ===
Inserters will act differently depending on what they are moving items to/into so as not to monopolize all of the items being picked up and allow other machines and inserters on the same transport belt to have items.

=== Insertion Limits ===
Inserters will not insert into certain buildings if they already have, or are above of, a certain amount of items; it will simply seize to function until space has been made, and it will resume insertion.

For example, if a boiler has 5 or more pieces of fuel in it, then an inserter will not insert additional fuel until it has 4 or less.

{| class="wikitable"
! Entity !! Item type !! Inserter-limit !! Comment
|-
| [[Boiler]]s, [[Burner inserter]]s, [[Furnace]]s || [[Fuel]] || align="center" | 5 || Modders should avoid recipes for furnaces with fuel.
|-
| [[Gun turret]]s || [[Magazines]] || align="center" | 10 || Since v0.8.4
|-
| [[Assembling machine]]s || Items needed for the recipe || twice the items needed in the recipe ||
|-
| [[Furnace]]s || Items needed for the recipe || twice the items needed in the recipe ||
|-
| [[Lab]]s || [[Science pack]]s || twice the items needed for one research point ||
|}

An inserter, which takes items from a chest or another assembly (anything, which has [[Storage/Stack]]s), can overfill due to the [[Inserter item stack size]]. The same happens, if you load with more than one inserter.

=== Inserters and transport belts ===
* Inserters will '''always''' place the item on the further lane.
: [[File:Mpstark-5RdLql0.gif]]
* Inserters '''prefer''' taking items on the near lane.
: [[File:Mpstark-8pfqtMV.gif]]
* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3920 For orthogonal belts, inserter place items in the '''direction of their rotation''']. This is by default up for horizontal or left for vertical placed inserters.
: '''When taking from a belt''', they might change this initial direction!
: [[File:Mpstark-0XL7KBq.gif]]
* The end of the belt places the items in it onto the next [[Tile]], so that the inserter can grep it. The last input should be one off. This can prevent the two items from simply sitting there at the end of the belt.
: [[File:Mpstark-5ceWt8I.gif]]
* Inserters can place items on
** All types of conveyor belts
** Underground-belt (entry and exit) [[File:Mpstark-UayT5wJ.gif|right|top]]
** Curves, but their behavior is then very "special" and the items have a big chance to [[Transport belts/Blocking items|block]].
** They cannot place on splitter
* Inserters can pick up from
** Splitters
** First half of the conveyor belt
* Inserters have problems to pick up
** from fast belts, cause the items are moving too fast for them.
** picking up from curves
** from the entry/exit of an underground belt

==== Inserters and Transport Belts ====

[[Transport belts]] have two lanes on which items can travel. When Inserters place an item on the belt, they place it on the lane furthest from them (see above).

If you want to rearrange the items on the belts see : '''[[Transport_belts/Belt_lane#Changing_side_of_lane]]'''

== Power usage ==

* http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5253
* http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5400
* [[Inserters/Reduce power consumption]]

== Types ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Total raw !! Max power !! Speed (Rot/[[Game-second|sec]]) !! Range ([[Tile|tiles]]) !! Special
|-
| {{imagelink|burner-inserter|Burner inserter}} || {{icon|iron-plate|3|Iron plate}} || 180 W ([[Fuel|burner]]) || 0.6 (1x) || 1 || Only inserter using [[Fuel]]. Since v0.10.0 it will insert items with fuel value into itself when it has an empty inventory.
|-
| {{imagelink|inserter|Inserter}} || {{icon|iron-plate|4|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|1.5|Copper plate}} || 12.6 W ([[Electric network|electric]]) || 0.8 (1.4x) || 1 || Standard inserter.
|-
| {{imagelink|long-handed-inserter|Long handed inserter}} || {{icon|iron-plate|7|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|1.5|Copper plate}} || 18 W ([[Electric network|electric]]) || 1.1 (2x) || 2 || Only inserter with higher range.
|-
| {{imagelink|fast-inserter|Fast inserter}} || {{icon|iron-plate|8|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|4.5|Copper plate}} || 31.5 W ([[Electric network|electric]]) || 2 (3.5x) || 1 || Basic faster inserter.
|-
| {{imagelink|smart-inserter|Smart inserter}} || {{icon|iron-plate|12|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|10.5|Copper plate}} || 44.1 W ([[Electric network|electric]]) || 2 (3.5x) || 1 || Only inserter connectable to [[Circuit network]]s and with configurable working condition, such as filtering in only a specific set of items
|-
|}
: [[File:Mpstark-UlSB2pr.gif]]

== Special behavior ==

* [[Inserters/Interaction with other Entities]]
* [[Inserters/Instead of belt]]: Use it instead of a belt
* [[Inserter item stack size]]: Inserter moves more than an item per turn, works only for transport from stack to stack
* [[Inserters:Focus/Grep-Points]]
* [[Inserters/Priority]]
* [[Storages/Sorting]] (extended filtering)

== See also ==
* [[Electric network]]
* [[Transport network]]

[[Category: Items]] [[Category: Transport network]] [[Category: Circuit network]]

Inserters

2014-08-18T10:08:45Z

SaberOx: /* How to change lanes */

{{sublinks|Transport network}}
[[File:Mpstark-KVmf6LZ.gif|right]]
Inserters are the fundamental structures of a factory, and are a vital component in almost all contraptions. They look and work like a robot-arm and take items from behind and place them in front of it, if the object in front of it has enough space to accomodate for it.

Inserters will:
* '''Pick up''' [[Items]] off the [[Ground]], off a [[Transport belts|Transport belt]], or from any object that has [[Storages/Stack|stacks]] (eg. [[Storages/Chests]], [[Furnace]]s, [[Assembling machine]]s)
* '''Place''' the moved item onto the ground, on a transport belt, or into any object that has stacks.

=== Inserter mechanics ===
Inserters will act differently depending on what they are moving items to/into so as not to monopolize all of the items being picked up and allow other machines and inserters on the same transport belt to have items.

=== Insertion Limits ===
Inserters will not insert into certain buildings if they already have, or are above of, a certain amount of items; it will simply seize to function until space has been made, and it will resume insertion.

For example, if a boiler has 5 or more pieces of fuel in it, then an inserter will not insert additional fuel until it has 4 or less.

{| class="wikitable"
! Entity !! Item type !! Inserter-limit !! Comment
|-
| [[Boiler]]s, [[Burner inserter]]s, [[Furnace]]s || [[Fuel]] || align="center" | 5 || Modders should avoid recipes for furnaces with fuel.
|-
| [[Gun turret]]s || [[Magazines]] || align="center" | 10 || Since v0.8.4
|-
| [[Assembling machine]]s || Items needed for the recipe || twice the items needed in the recipe ||
|-
| [[Furnace]]s || Items needed for the recipe || twice the items needed in the recipe ||
|-
| [[Lab]]s || [[Science pack]]s || twice the items needed for one research point ||
|}

An inserter, which takes items from a chest or another assembly (anything, which has [[Storage/Stack]]s), can overfill due to the [[Inserter item stack size]]. The same happens, if you load with more than one inserter.

=== Inserters and transport belts ===
* Inserters will '''always''' place the item on the further lane.
: [[File:Mpstark-5RdLql0.gif]]
* Inserters '''prefer''' taking items on the near lane.
: [[File:Mpstark-8pfqtMV.gif]]
* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3920 For orthogonal belts, inserter place items in the '''direction of their rotation''']. This is by default up for horizontal or left for vertical placed inserters.
: '''When taking from a belt''', they might change this initial direction!
: [[File:Mpstark-0XL7KBq.gif]]
* The end of the belt places the items in it onto the next [[Tile]], so that the inserter can grep it. The last input should be one off. This can prevent the two items from simply sitting there at the end of the belt.
: [[File:Mpstark-5ceWt8I.gif]]
* Inserters can place items on
** All types of conveyor belts
** Underground-belt (entry and exit) [[File:Mpstark-UayT5wJ.gif|right|top]]
** Curves, but their behavior is then very "special" and the items have a big chance to [[Transport belts/Blocking items|block]].
** They cannot place on splitter
* Inserters can pick up from
** Splitters
** First half of the conveyor belt
* Inserters have problems to pick up
** from fast belts, cause the items are moving too fast for them.
** picking up from curves
** from the entry/exit of an underground belt

==== Inserters and Transport Belts ====

[[Transport belts]] have two lanes on which items can travel. When Inserters place an item on the belt, they place it on the lane furthest from them (see above).

If you want to rearrange the items on the belts see : '''S[[Transport_belts/Belt_lane#Changing_side_of_lane]]'''

== Power usage ==

* http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5253
* http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5400
* [[Inserters/Reduce power consumption]]

== Types ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Total raw !! Max power !! Speed (Rot/[[Game-second|sec]]) !! Range ([[Tile|tiles]]) !! Special
|-
| {{imagelink|burner-inserter|Burner inserter}} || {{icon|iron-plate|3|Iron plate}} || 180 W ([[Fuel|burner]]) || 0.6 (1x) || 1 || Only inserter using [[Fuel]]. Since v0.10.0 it will insert items with fuel value into itself when it has an empty inventory.
|-
| {{imagelink|inserter|Inserter}} || {{icon|iron-plate|4|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|1.5|Copper plate}} || 12.6 W ([[Electric network|electric]]) || 0.8 (1.4x) || 1 || Standard inserter.
|-
| {{imagelink|long-handed-inserter|Long handed inserter}} || {{icon|iron-plate|7|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|1.5|Copper plate}} || 18 W ([[Electric network|electric]]) || 1.1 (2x) || 2 || Only inserter with higher range.
|-
| {{imagelink|fast-inserter|Fast inserter}} || {{icon|iron-plate|8|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|4.5|Copper plate}} || 31.5 W ([[Electric network|electric]]) || 2 (3.5x) || 1 || Basic faster inserter.
|-
| {{imagelink|smart-inserter|Smart inserter}} || {{icon|iron-plate|12|Iron plate}} {{icon|copper-plate|10.5|Copper plate}} || 44.1 W ([[Electric network|electric]]) || 2 (3.5x) || 1 || Only inserter connectable to [[Circuit network]]s and with configurable working condition, such as filtering in only a specific set of items
|-
|}
: [[File:Mpstark-UlSB2pr.gif]]

== Special behavior ==

* [[Inserters/Interaction with other Entities]]
* [[Inserters/Instead of belt]]: Use it instead of a belt
* [[Inserter item stack size]]: Inserter moves more than an item per turn, works only for transport from stack to stack
* [[Inserters:Focus/Grep-Points]]
* [[Inserters/Priority]]
* [[Storages/Sorting]] (extended filtering)

== See also ==
* [[Electric network]]
* [[Transport network]]

[[Category: Items]] [[Category: Transport network]] [[Category: Circuit network]]