Bulk inserter

Bulk inserter

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Recipe

0.5 + 1 + 15 + 1 + 15 → 1

Total raw

41.5 + 32 + 55 + 2

Map color
Health	160
Resistances	Fire: 0/90%
Stack size	50
Dimensions	1×1
Energy consumption	132 kW (electric)
Drain	1 kW (electric)
Mining time	0.1
Prototype type	inserter
Internal name	bulk-inserter
Required technologies
Boosting technologies
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The stack inserter is an electric inserter that can move multiple items at the same time. Moving at the speed of the Fast inserter, it transfers multiple items per cycle to give it a material flow advantage at the cost of additional power consumption.

When transferring between chests or cargo wagons it picks up and drops off the entire stack of items instantly. When picking up from or dropping off items onto a transport belt a stack inserter needs to grab or drop each item individually, increasing the time between arm swings and lowering its potential throughput. In these cases, however, the stack inserter still has higher throughput than a fast inserter because it swings back and forth less often. The throughput from chest to chest for a fully upgraded stack inserter is 27.69 items per second, but only 13.85 items/s from chest to express belt.

Stack size

The stack size is increased by the Inserter capacity bonus (research) technology. The stack size can be overridden to set how many items it picks up at one time, with the maximum being the highest research level currently unlocked.

Inserter capacity bonus	Stack size bonus	Total stack size
none	0	2
1	+1	3
2	+1	4
3	+1	5
4	+1	6
5	+2	8
6	+2	10
7	+2	12

History

• 2.0.7:
  • All inserters now have filter option.
  • Renamed from Stack inserter to Bulk inserter.

• 0.15.0:
  • Added stack inserter override feature.

• 0.13.7:
  • Updated stack inserter tech icon.

• 0.13.6:
  • Now unlocked by their own research.

• 0.13.0:
  • Introduced

See also

• Stack filter inserter
• Electric system
• Inserters