Transport belts - Revision history

Bilka: sentenceified the link to belt transport system

2025-01-23T19:37:36Z

sentenceified the link to belt transport system

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	* {{imagelink\|Express transport belt}}		* {{imagelink\|Express transport belt}}
	* {{imagelink\|Turbo transport belt\|space-age=yes}}		* {{imagelink\|Turbo transport belt\|space-age=yes}}
	* [[~~Belt~~ transport system]]
			For details on transport belt functionality and usage, see the [[belt transport system]] page.

Mefisto1029 at 08:59, 23 October 2024

2024-10-23T08:59:21Z

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	''Transport belt'' may refer to:		''Transport belt'' may refer to:

	* {{imagelink\|Transport belt}}		* {{imagelink\|Transport belt}}
	* {{imagelink\|Fast transport belt}}		* {{imagelink\|Fast transport belt}}
	* {{imagelink\|Express transport belt}}		* {{imagelink\|Express transport belt}}
			* {{imagelink\|Turbo transport belt\|space-age=yes}}
	* [[Belt transport system]]		* [[Belt transport system]]

Joshinils: imagelink instead of plain link

2017-09-02T17:02:21Z

imagelink instead of plain link

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	''Transport belt'' may refer to:		''Transport belt'' may refer to:

	* [[Transport belt]]		* {{imagelink\|Transport belt}}
	* [[Fast transport belt]]		* {{imagelink\|Fast transport belt}}
	* [[Express transport belt]]		* {{imagelink\|Express transport belt}}
	* [[Belt transport system]]		* [[Belt transport system]]

Gangsir: Changed page to be disambiguation, due to much of it's info being redundant with Belt transport system. Said page has received the missing content.

2016-12-11T02:46:38Z

Changed page to be disambiguation, due to much of it's info being redundant with Belt transport system. Said page has received the missing content.

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 {{Languages}}
-{{cleanup|Page contains you-based verbiage, old images and dead links/links to pages that are deletion candidates.}}
+{{Disambiguation}}
-==Types==
+''Transport belt'' may refer to:
-[[File:Transport_belts_speed.gif|300px|thumb|right|Animation showing the three types of belt and their speed (from top to bottom: regular belts, fast belts and express belts).]]
+* [[Transport belt]]
-{| class="wikitable"
+* [[Fast transport belt]]
-|-
+* [[Express transport belt]]
-! scope="col" | Type
+* [[Belt transport system]]

Gangsir: Removed dead links

2016-11-20T00:47:42Z

Removed dead links

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	* [[Logistic network]]		* [[Logistic network]]
	* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3370 Intersection with 4 belts from every side]		* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3370 Intersection with 4 belts from every side]
	* [[Transport belts/Transport other entities]]: even the car can be transported with belts.
	* [[Transport belts/Why do belts use no energy?\|Why do belts not require power?]]: Some reasons...
	* [[Transport belts/Speedup Walking]]: Walk/run in belt direction add the speed of the belt to your own.
	* [[Transport belts/Defense]]: Use the Express belt to slow down the enemies
	* [[Transport belts/Physics]]		* [[Transport belts/Physics]]
	* [[Transport belts/Turns]]
	* [[Transport belts/Blocking items]]
	* [[Transport belts/Side insert]]
	* [[Transport belts/Optimizing\|Transport belt Optimising]]
	* [[Transport belts/Side insert]]
	* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6914&p=56388#p56388 Throughput and bottlenecks].		* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6914&p=56388#p56388 Throughput and bottlenecks].
	* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5316&start=20#p54495 Speed, Distance, Throughput, Compression]		* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5316&start=20#p54495 Speed, Distance, Throughput, Compression]
	* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7221 Tutorial for Belt Speed, Density and Throughput]		* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7221 Tutorial for Belt Speed, Density and Throughput]
	* [[Transport belts/Belt lane]] for more about usage of the two lanes of a belt.
	* [[Transport belts/Optimizing\|Transport belt Optimising]]
	* [[Transport belts/Turns]] for details about turns.
	* [[Transport belts/Optimizing\| Transport belt Optimising]] about other ways to speed up this bottleneck.
	* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6801&p=54025#p54003 Testing fast belt corners] (interesting video)		* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6801&p=54025#p54003 Testing fast belt corners] (interesting video)

	~~{{MachineNav}}~~

	[[Category:Transport network]]		[[Category:Transport network]]
	[[Category:Belt transport system]]		[[Category:Belt transport system]]

Highlanderwolf: /* Balancing the belts */ Removed the you-based verbage, and added a bit more information about balancing multiple belts. More information on that topic is needed.

2016-08-29T17:52:48Z

Balancing the belts: Removed the you-based verbage, and added a bit more information about balancing multiple belts. More information on that topic is needed.

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	===Balancing the belts===		===Balancing the belts===
	~~Sometimes you will find one side of a belt more empty than the other. In this care rebalancing the belt can be helpful.~~

	The left design only rebalances equally if one side of the belt is empty while the right version always balances equally.		Sometimes it becomes necessary to rebalance a belt, so that the number of items on either side is equal. This can also be applied to balancing items between multiple belts. As a general rule, the more belts that need to be balanced, the more complicated the methods.


			Below are two designs for balancing a single belt. The left design only rebalances equally if one side of the belt is empty while the right version always balances equally.

	[[File:Transport_belts_balance1.gif\|300px\|top]]   [[File:Transport_belts_balance2.gif\|300px\|top]]		[[File:Transport_belts_balance1.gif\|300px\|top]]   [[File:Transport_belts_balance2.gif\|300px\|top]]

Highlanderwolf: /* Placement */ Removed the you-verbage, and changed the information to paragraph form.

2016-08-29T17:22:31Z

Placement: Removed the you-verbage, and changed the information to paragraph form.

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	* Do not place transport belts by ~~moving~~ the mouse		While conveyor belts can be placed in a line by clicking and dragging the mouse, it is often easier to hold the mouse down and move your character. Conveyor belts can be rotated after being placed by hovering over them with an empty hand and pressing "r", or by building over them with another conveyor belt. Conveyor belts can also be upgraded in this manner, by placing the another belt over top of it.
	* Instead just move your character
	* You can ~~change the direction of a transport belt by overbuilding it~~
	* You can change the direction of a transport belt by pressing "r" ~~while mousing~~ over it
	* You can ~~upgrade a transport~~ belt ~~by overbuilding~~ it ~~with another type~~
	<div style="clear:right"></div>		<div style="clear:right"></div>

Gangsir: Marked page for clean-up. If AntiElitz wants this page to stick around, it needs fixes.

2016-08-20T01:26:31Z

Marked page for clean-up. If AntiElitz wants this page to stick around, it needs fixes.

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:26, 20 August 2016
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	{{Languages}}		{{Languages}}
	{{~~delete~~\|~~Moved content~~ to ~~[[Belt transport system]]~~}}		{{cleanup\|Page contains you-based verbiage, old images and dead links/links to pages that are deletion candidates.}}
	{\| style="float:right"		{\| style="float:right"
	\| [[File:Transport_belts_demo.gif\|300px\|top\|thumb\|Inserters insert onto the far side of a belt running past them.]]		\| [[File:Transport_belts_demo.gif\|300px\|top\|thumb\|Inserters insert onto the far side of a belt running past them.]]

AntiElite: Undo revision 126556 by TheWombatGuru (talk) See Discusion Page for reason.

2016-08-20T01:15:44Z

Undo revision 126556 by TheWombatGuru (talk) See Discusion Page for reason.

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	#~~REDIRECT~~ [[Belt transport system]]		{{Languages}}
			{{delete\|Moved content to [[Belt transport system]]}}
			{\| style="float:right"
			\| [[File:Transport_belts_demo.gif\|300px\|top\|thumb\|Inserters insert onto the far side of a belt running past them.]]
			\| [[File:Transport_belts_demo2.gif\|300px\|top\|thumb\|Inserters insert onto the right hand side of a belt running away from them.]]
			\|}
			'''Transport belts''' are used to transport items from one place to another. The advantages of transport belts lie in the fact that they don't use any power and are very easy to set up. There are three types of transport belts, each with their own properties.
			__TOC__
			<div style="clear:right"></div>

			==Types==

			[[File:Transport_belts_speed.gif\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Animation showing the three types of belt and their speed (from top to bottom: regular belts, fast belts and express belts).]]
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
			! scope="col" \| Type
			! scope="col" \| Max. throughput ([[Items]] per [[game-second]])
			! scope="col" \| Speed ([[Tile\|Tiles]] per [[game-second]])
			! scope="col" \| Max. density ([[Items]] per [[Tile\|tile]])
			! scope="col" \| Required [[Research\|technologies]]
			\|-
			\| {{imagelink\|basic-transport-belt\|Transport Belt}} \|\| 13.333 \|\| 1.875 \|\| 7.1111 \|\| none
			\|-
			\| {{imagelink\|fast-transport-belt\|Fast Transport Belt}} \|\| 26.667 \|\| 3.750 \|\| 7.1111 \|\| [[Logistics 2 (research)]]
			\|-
			\| {{imagelink\|express-transport-belt\|Express Transport Belt}} \|\| 40.000 \|\| 5.625 \|\| 7.1111 \|\| [[Logistics 3 (research)]]
			\|}
			*experimental value: See '''[[Transport_belt_experiments\|Transport belt experiments]]''' for more detailed information.
			<div style="clear:right"></div>

			==Placement==
			{\| style="float:right; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px;">
			\| style="padding-right:1em" \| [[File:Transport_belts_notplace.gif\|300px\|top]]
			\| style="padding-right:1em" \| [[File:Transport_belts_doplace.gif\|300px\|top]]
			\| [[File:Transport_belts_replace.gif\|300px\|top]]
			\|}

			* Do not place transport belts by moving the mouse
			* Instead just move your character
			* You can change the direction of a transport belt by overbuilding it
			* You can change the direction of a transport belt by pressing "r" while mousing over it
			* You can upgrade a transport belt by overbuilding it with another type
			<div style="clear:right"></div>

			==Belt Management==
			===Merging and un-merging===
			Belts have '''two lanes''' that can be used for transporting. This allows for either a double flow of one material, or with some careful setup, transporting two different materials on the same belt. Mixed belts can be beneficial for smelting ore, or producing items with a lot of ingredients such as the science pack 3.
			Un-merging a mixed belt is fairly easy too, since an underground belt will block half of your a belt. So there is no reason to be afraid of mixed belts at all.

			[[File:Transport_belts_merge.gif\|300px\|top]]   [[File:Transport_belts_unmerge.gif\|300px\|top]]

			===Balancing the belts===
			Sometimes you will find one side of a belt more empty than the other. In this care rebalancing the belt can be helpful.

			The left design only rebalances equally if one side of the belt is empty while the right version always balances equally.

			[[File:Transport_belts_balance1.gif\|300px\|top]]   [[File:Transport_belts_balance2.gif\|300px\|top]]

			===Speed, Density and Throughput: About finding the bottlenecks===
			Maximizing the throughput is important, since it will keep your belts efficient. Therefore we need to introduce some definitions:

			; Speed
			: How fast does a belt move.
			; Density
			: How tight are the items put on the belts.
			; Throughput
			: This is speed * density. It describes how many items pass by in a given time.

			So there are two opportunities to enhance the throughput:

			; More density
			:Sometimes items have little spaces next to each other that aren't big enough for other items to fit in. In this case reordering the items can still increase the density. This can be done by temporary increasing the belt speed on a single tile or by merging 2 lanes with an inserter.

			[[File:Transport_belts_density.gif\|top\|300px]]

			; More speed
			:In case your belts already are at maximum density you can still upgrade your speed with better belts. But first you have to find the bottleneck.
			The bottleneck can be seen quite easy, if there is a part of a belt, where the items sometimes stop or don't move (or don't move fast) at maximum density and suddenly they come to a point, where this 'stop and go' releases itself and they run free and are not so tight on the belt. This is in most cases the exact place, where you need to optimize your belts.

			==Moving other Entities: About highways, advanced defenses and moving boxes==
			Moving fast can be essential to defend alien attacks in time. Running on a belt will increase or decrease the movement speed of the player accordingly to the belts speed. That is why building a belt towards your defenses can be beneficial.

			However, the player is not the only unit that can be moved by transport belts. Also, biters and spitters can be moved. This can be abused to improve your defense. Firstly biters will have a harder time to reach your walls when placing express transport belt in front of them. Secondly spitters can be moved closer to your walls. That way more turrets can attack a single spitter at once.

			Another useful usage are cars on transport belts. Cars have an inventory and can be filled by inserters. They can be used as moving boxes on belt. This has several advantages: Firstly the throughput of the belt-car-boxes is amazingly high, secondly the inserter stack size bonus does apply here and make inserters more effective.

			[[File:Transport_belts_movement.gif\|300px\|top]]   [[File:Transport_belts_defence.jpg\|300px\|top]]   [[File:Transport_belts_carboxes.gif\|400px\|top]]

			==See also==
			* [[Transport network]]
			** [[Splitters]]
			** [[Underground belts]]
			* [[Transport]]
			* [[Crafting network]]
			* [[Logistic network]]
			* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3370 Intersection with 4 belts from every side]
			* [[Transport belts/Transport other entities]]: even the car can be transported with belts.
			* [[Transport belts/Why do belts use no energy?\|Why do belts not require power?]]: Some reasons...
			* [[Transport belts/Speedup Walking]]: Walk/run in belt direction add the speed of the belt to your own.
			* [[Transport belts/Defense]]: Use the Express belt to slow down the enemies
			* [[Transport belts/Physics]]
			* [[Transport belts/Turns]]
			* [[Transport belts/Blocking items]]
			* [[Transport belts/Side insert]]
			* [[Transport belts/Optimizing\|Transport belt Optimising]]
			* [[Transport belts/Side insert]]
			* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6914&p=56388#p56388 Throughput and bottlenecks].
			* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5316&start=20#p54495 Speed, Distance, Throughput, Compression]
			* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7221 Tutorial for Belt Speed, Density and Throughput]
			* [[Transport belts/Belt lane]] for more about usage of the two lanes of a belt.
			* [[Transport belts/Optimizing\|Transport belt Optimising]]
			* [[Transport belts/Turns]] for details about turns.
			* [[Transport belts/Optimizing\| Transport belt Optimising]] about other ways to speed up this bottleneck.
			* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6801&p=54025#p54003 Testing fast belt corners] (interesting video)

			{{MachineNav}}

			[[Category:Transport network]]
			[[Category:Belt transport system]]

TheWombatGuru: Redirected page to Belt transport system

2016-08-06T16:46:06Z

Redirected page to Belt transport system

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	~~{{Languages}}~~		#REDIRECT [[Belt transport system]]
	~~{{delete\|Moved content to [[Belt transport system]]}}~~
	~~{\| style="float:right"~~
	~~\| [[File:Transport_belts_demo.gif\|300px\|top\|thumb\|Inserters insert onto the far side of a belt running past them.]]~~
	~~\| [[File:Transport_belts_demo2.gif\|300px\|top\|thumb\|Inserters insert onto the right hand side of a belt running away from them.]]~~
	\|}
	'''Transport belts''' are used to transport items from one place to another. The advantages of transport belts lie in the fact that they don't use any power and are very easy to set up. There are three types of transport belts, each with their own properties.
	~~__TOC__~~
	~~<div style="clear:right"></div>~~

	~~==Types==~~

	~~[[File:Transport_belts_speed.gif\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Animation showing the three types of belt and their speed (from top to bottom: regular belts, fast belts and express belts).]]~~
	~~{\| class="wikitable"~~
	\|-
	~~! scope="col" \| Type~~
	~~! scope="col" \| Max. throughput ([[Items]] per [[game-second]])~~
	~~! scope="col" \| Speed ([[Tile\|Tiles]] per [[game-second]])~~
	~~! scope="col" \| Max. density ([[Items]] per [[Tile\|tile]])~~
	~~! scope="col" \| Required [[Research\|technologies]]~~
	\|-
	~~\| {{imagelink\|basic-transport-belt\|Transport Belt}} \|\| 13.333 \|\| 1.875 \|\| 7.1111 \|\| none~~
	\|-
	~~\| {{imagelink\|fast-transport-belt\|Fast Transport Belt}} \|\| 26.667 \|\| 3.750 \|\| 7.1111 \|\| [[Logistics 2 (research)]]~~
	\|-
	~~\| {{imagelink\|express-transport-belt\|Express Transport Belt}} \|\| 40.000 \|\| 5.625 \|\| 7.1111 \|\| [[Logistics 3 (research)]]~~
	\|}
	~~ *experimental value: See '''[[Transport_belt_experiments\|Transport belt experiments]]''' for more detailed information.~~
	~~<div style="clear:right"></div>~~

	~~==Placement==~~
	~~{\| style="float:right; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px;">~~
	~~\| style="padding-right:1em" \| [[File:Transport_belts_notplace.gif\|300px\|top]]~~
	~~\| style="padding-right:1em" \| [[File:Transport_belts_doplace.gif\|300px\|top]]~~
	~~\| [[File:Transport_belts_replace.gif\|300px\|top]]~~
	\|}

	* Do not place transport belts by moving the mouse
	* Instead just move your character
	* You can change the direction of a transport belt by overbuilding it
	* You can change the direction of a transport belt by pressing "r" while mousing over it
	* You can upgrade a transport belt by overbuilding it with another type
	~~<div style="clear:right"></div>~~

	~~==Belt Management==~~
	~~===Merging and un-merging===~~
	Belts have '''two lanes''' that can be used for transporting. This allows for either a double flow of one material, or with some careful setup, transporting two different materials on the same belt. Mixed belts can be beneficial for smelting ore, or producing items with a lot of ingredients such as the science pack 3.
	~~Un-merging a mixed belt is fairly easy too, since an underground belt will block half of your a belt. So there is no reason to be afraid of mixed belts at all.~~

	~~[[File:Transport_belts_merge.gif\|300px\|top]]   [[File:Transport_belts_unmerge.gif\|300px\|top]]~~

	~~===Balancing the belts===~~
	~~Sometimes you will find one side of a belt more empty than the other. In this care rebalancing the belt can be helpful.~~

	~~The left design only rebalances equally if one side of the belt is empty while the right version always balances equally.~~

	~~[[File:Transport_belts_balance1.gif\|300px\|top]]   [[File:Transport_belts_balance2.gif\|300px\|top]]~~

	~~===Speed, Density and Throughput: About finding the bottlenecks===~~
	~~Maximizing the throughput is important, since it will keep your belts efficient. Therefore we need to introduce some definitions:~~

	~~; Speed~~
	~~: How fast does a belt move.~~
	~~; Density~~
	~~: How tight are the items put on the belts.~~
	~~; Throughput~~
	~~: This is speed * density. It describes how many items pass by in a given time.~~

	~~So there are two opportunities to enhance the throughput:~~

	~~; More density~~
	:Sometimes items have little spaces next to each other that aren't big enough for other items to fit in. In this case reordering the items can still increase the density. This can be done by temporary increasing the belt speed on a single tile or by merging 2 lanes with an inserter.

	~~[[File:Transport_belts_density.gif\|top\|300px]]~~

	~~; More speed~~
	~~:In case your belts already are at maximum density you can still upgrade your speed with better belts. But first you have to find the bottleneck.~~
	The bottleneck can be seen quite easy, if there is a part of a belt, where the items sometimes stop or don't move (or don't move fast) at maximum density and suddenly they come to a point, where this 'stop and go' releases itself and they run free and are not so tight on the belt. This is in most cases the exact place, where you need to optimize your belts.

	~~==Moving other Entities: About highways, advanced defenses and moving boxes==~~
	Moving fast can be essential to defend alien attacks in time. Running on a belt will increase or decrease the movement speed of the player accordingly to the belts speed. That is why building a belt towards your defenses can be beneficial.

	However, the player is not the only unit that can be moved by transport belts. Also, biters and spitters can be moved. This can be abused to improve your defense. Firstly biters will have a harder time to reach your walls when placing express transport belt in front of them. Secondly spitters can be moved closer to your walls. That way more turrets can attack a single spitter at once.

	Another useful usage are cars on transport belts. Cars have an inventory and can be filled by inserters. They can be used as moving boxes on belt. This has several advantages: Firstly the throughput of the belt-car-boxes is amazingly high, secondly the inserter stack size bonus does apply here and make inserters more effective.

	~~[[File:Transport_belts_movement.gif\|300px\|top]]   [[File:Transport_belts_defence.jpg\|300px\|top]]   [[File:Transport_belts_carboxes.gif\|400px\|top]]~~

	~~==See also==~~
	* [[Transport network]]
	** [[Splitters]]
	** [[Underground belts]]
	* [[Transport]]
	* [[Crafting network]]
	* [[Logistic network]]
	* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3370 Intersection with 4 belts from every side]
	* [[Transport belts/Transport other entities]]: even the car can be transported with belts.
	* [[Transport belts/Why do belts use no energy?\|Why do belts not require power?]]: Some reasons...
	* [[Transport belts/Speedup Walking]]: Walk/run in belt direction add the speed of the belt to your own.
	* [[Transport belts/Defense]]: Use the Express belt to slow down the enemies
	* [[Transport belts/Physics]]
	* [[Transport belts/Turns]]
	* [[Transport belts/Blocking items]]
	* [[Transport belts/Side insert]]
	* [[Transport belts/Optimizing\|Transport belt Optimising]]
	* [[Transport belts/Side insert]]
	* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6914&p=56388#p56388 Throughput and bottlenecks].
	* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5316&start=20#p54495 Speed, Distance, Throughput, Compression]
	* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7221 Tutorial for Belt Speed, Density and Throughput]
	* [[Transport belts/Belt lane]] for more about usage of the two lanes of a belt.
	* [[Transport belts/Optimizing\|Transport belt Optimising]]
	* [[Transport belts/Turns]] for details about turns.
	* [[Transport belts/Optimizing\| Transport belt Optimising]] about other ways to speed up this bottleneck.
	* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6801&p=54025#~~p54003 Testing fast belt corners] (interesting video)~~

	~~{{MachineNav}}~~

	~~[[Category:Transport network]]~~
	[[~~Category:~~Belt transport system]]