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| Splitters can be used to split or join belts, but have many other not so obvious usages.
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| This is somehow reflected in the repeating threads ([http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/search.php?keywords=splitter&terms=all&author=&fid=6&sc=1&sf=all&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search some example]) which are started by newbies to this game. So much is said: in most cases, there is no need for that.
| | ''Splitter'' may refer to: |
| | * {{imagelink|Splitter}} |
| | * {{imagelink|Fast splitter}} |
| | * {{imagelink|Express splitter}} |
| | * {{imagelink|Turbo splitter|space-age=yes}} |
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| So, cause of the alpha-state of the game, we can currently only recommend to read this helpful tips and tricks!
| | For details on splitter functionality and usage, see the [[Belt_transport_system#Splitters|belt transport system]] page. |
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| == Items ==
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| ! scope="col" | belt-type
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| ! scope="col" | factor speed
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| ! scope="col" | speed ([[Tile|tiles]]/[[Game-second|sec]])
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| | {{imagelink|basic-splitter|Basic splitter}} || 1 || 1.875
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| | {{imagelink|fast-splitter|Fast splitter}} || 2 || 3.75
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| | {{imagelink|express-splitter|Express splitter}} || 3 || 5.625
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| Related: [[Transport belts]], [[Underground belts]] Nearby: [[Inserters]], [[Storages]], [[Transport belts/Physics]] to dig deeper.
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| == Basic ==
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| '''Task''': Make a branch in the middle of a longer belt to deliver other parts of your factory.
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| * remove a belt-segment in this long belt.
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| * select a splitter, rotate it into the right direction and place it into the gap.
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| * the items continue to flow on the old belt, but you can now begin to built another belt from the second output of the splitter.
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| * when you finish and the belts are not jammed, then you can see that every second incoming item is output on the new belt.
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| == Advanced ==
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| '''For a more founded introduction into the belt mechanics see [[Belt transport system]].'''
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| The behavior of splitters looks simple at first glance. But they are not that simple. Splitters have an astonishing amount of uses.
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| * splitters have two input-belt-sides and two output-belt-sides on which you can connect any [[Transport belts|belt]] or [[Underground belts|underground belt]]
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| * splitters '''don't shuffle the lanes on the belts'''; items on the left input [[Transport belts/Belt lane|belt lane]] don't change the side to the right lane (and vice versa).
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| * '''Splitting'''
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| ** if two output-belts are connected, then every input-item is put alternated on one of the two output-belts. Or in other words: it is guaranteed, that the inputed items are output in a ratio of 50% on each belt.
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| ** if one of the output [[Transport belts/Belt lane|belt lanes]] are full, then it tries to output on the other output belt. This is useful to fill belts.
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| * '''Joining''' [[File:T&T Belt04.jpg|thumb|200px|Feeding from side is only a good use, if you want to make a queue - e. g. for mines, some output-buffer]] [[File:T&T Belt03.jpg|thumb|200px|Better: The capacity of the output belt is fully used.]]
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| ** splitters can be used to join two belts into one. This has a much higher throughput than only side-inserting.
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| ** as with splitting, the belt lanes aren't mixed up.
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| ** Use faster splitter if you want to feed into a faster belt, because otherwise your splitter is the bottleneck!
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| == Expert ==
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| === Special behavior ===
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| * [[Splitters/Priority]]: right input is only taken to fill gaps in the left input.
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| * [[Splitters/When is a faster splitter needed?]]: a basic splitter can keep up with the input of one fast belt, if the two output belts are connected and empty.
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| === Other Usages ===
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| * See example usages [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1808 in this thread].
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| * [[Splitters/Weighted splitters]]: Use splitter to achive special ratios on the outputs
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| ** [[Splitters/Cascading]]: Use Cascading to fill storages only, when not needed otherwise
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| * [[Splitters/Lane contributor]]: use the two lanes of a belt.
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| * [[Splitters/Joining]]: more explained
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| * [[Splitters/Wormhole Trick]]: an empty splitter transports items faster, they disappears on input side and dive up on output side, "jumping" over about half a [[Tile|tile]]. It is questionable, how this behavior could be used. A good usage is to make something like a "micro-buffer", or a "spread-buffer" with that, because a line of 10 splitters can store about 60 items - a half stack - and the first items are delivered very fast, but the last items have the normal belt speed to move through the splitters; so the items are spread on the belts.
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| * [[Splitters/Constructions]]: Examples of using.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Transport network]]
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| ** [[Transport belts]]
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| ** [[Underground belts]]
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| * [[Crafting network]]
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| [[Category: Items]] [[Category: Transport network]] [[Category: Moving ground]]
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