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[[File:transport-belt-intro-3.jpg|300px|thumb|Transport belts being used to move iron ore from a mining drill to an inserter, which is then placing the ore into a furnace]]
The Transport network consists of [[Transport belts]], [[Splitters]], [[Underground belts]], [[Inserters]] and [[Storages]].
 
[[Transport belts]], [[underground belts]] and [[splitters]] are used to direct and control the flow of items around your factory. [[Inserters]] place or remove items from belts, chests and production facilities. [[Storages/Chests|Chests]] can be used to store completed items or as a buffer in your production line.
 
In most of the cases inserters must be used to place or remove things from the transport belts. However [[Mining drill]]s place items they produce directly on to the transport belt - as you can see in the example on the right.
 
 
 
 
== Transport belts ==
The [[Transport belts]] where the first elements of this class of entities, so the whole class is called so, even if the [[Underground belts]] and [[Splitters]] work quite differently. ("moving ground" might hit the meaning better)
 
{| class="wikitable"
! [[Transport belts]] !!  [[Underground belts]] !!  [[Splitters]] !! Speed ([[tile]]s/[[Game-second|second]]) !! Needed research
|-
| {{imagelink|basic-transport-belt|Basic transport belt}}
| {{imagelink|basic-transport-belt-to-ground|Basic underground belt}}
| {{imagelink|basic-splitter|Basic splitter}} || ~1.8 || none
|-
| {{imagelink|fast-transport-belt|Fast transport belt}}
| {{imagelink|fast-transport-belt-to-ground|Fast underground belt}}
| {{imagelink|fast-splitter|Fast splitter}} || ~3.6 || [[Logistics 2]]
|-
| {{imagelink|express-transport-belt|Express transport belt}}
| {{imagelink|express-transport-belt-to-ground|Express underground belt}}
| {{imagelink|express-splitter|Express splitter}} || ~5.6 || [[Logistics 3]]
|-
|}
 
Learn more about the [[Transport belts/Physics|simulated physics]] of the belts, or how to [[Transport belts/Optimizing|optimize]] the flow of items.
 
== [[Inserters]] ==
[[File:transport-belt-two-lines-4.jpg|thumb|300px|Inserters hard at work]]
Inserters will always place items on the far side of a belt, and will prefer to take items from the closest side.
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Max power !! Description
|-
| {{imagelink|burner-inserter|Burner inserter}} || 180 W (burner) || Most basic inserter, needs burning fuel.
|-
| {{imagelink|inserter|Inserter}} || 13 W || Basic electric inserter.
|-
| {{imagelink|long-handed-inserter|Long handed inserter}} || 18 W || Basic inserter able to grab [[Items]] from 2 tiles distance.
|-
| {{imagelink|fast-inserter|Fast inserter}} || 30 W || Inserter working at double speed.
|-
| {{imagelink|smart-inserter|Smart inserter}} || 40 W || Inserter able to connect to [[Circuit network]] and specify work conditions.
|-
|}
 
== [[Storages]] ==
A storage is used to store [[Items|items]]. Many things can be used to store items: Furnaces, assemblies and any entity, that has [[Storages/Stack|stacks]], like [[Vehicles/Car|cars]], but even the [[Transport belts|belts]] or the [[Ground]] can be seen as storage. But in conjunction with the Transport network we mean the most efficient way, which is using [[Storages/Chests|Chests]]:
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Max [[Storages/Stack|stacks]] !! Description
|-
| {{imagelink|wooden-chest|Wooden chest}} || 16 || Basic storage chest.
|-
| {{imagelink|iron-chest|Iron chest}} || 32 || Larger basic chest.
|-
| {{imagelink|steel-chest|Steel chest}} || 48 || Basic chest with maximum capacity of 48 stacks.
|-
| {{imagelink|smart-chest|Smart chest}} || 48 || Connectable to [[Circuit network]].
|-
| {{imagelink|provider-chest|Provider chest}} || 48 || Used for [[Logistic network]], [[Circuit network]].
|-
| {{imagelink|storage-chest|Storage chest}} || 48 || Used for [[Logistic network]], [[Circuit network]].
|-
| {{imagelink|requester-chest|Requester chest}} || 48 || Used for [[Logistic network]], [[Circuit network]].
|-
|}
 
See also [[Storages]].
 
 
[[Category: Items]] [[Category: Transport network]] [[Category: Networks]]

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