Chests

Chests

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Inserters storing extra iron ore in wooden chests.

Chests are used to store items. Chests are nothing more then a number of Stacks.

Item	Max stacks	Description
File:Wooden-chest.png Wooden chest	16	Basic storage chest.
File:Iron-chest.png Iron chest	32	Larger basic chest.
File:Steel-chest.png Steel chest	48	Basic chest with maximum capacity of 48 stacks.
Smart chest	48	Connectable to Circuit network.
File:Provider-chest.png Active Provider chest	48	Used for Logistic network, Circuit network.
File:Logistic-chest-passive-provider.png Passive Provider chest	48	Used for Logistic network, Circuit network.
File:Storage-chest.png Storage chest	48	Used for Logistic network, Circuit network.
File:Requester-chest.png Requester chest	48	Used for Logistic network, Circuit network.

Stack limitation

All chests have a stack limitation. In most cases it is used to limit the number of items that can be inserted. This is useful if you want to store some number of items, but not a full chest, and it can replace the combination of a smart inserter with circuit network or logistic network.

Other entities with stacks

Stacks are needed to store items. Entities with stacks are

• Burner inserter, Burner mining drill,
• Furnaces,
• Assemblies or even the
• Car or Diesel locomotive/Cargo wagon but also
• Gun turrets
• Robots and Inserters (but only very small)
• your Inventory (plus the quick bar, the weapon bar, and what you have in hand).