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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. | |||
= Behavior = | |||
* splitters have two input-belt-sides and two output-belt-sides on which you can connect any [[transport belt]] or [[underground belt]] | |||
* splitters don't shuffle the lanes on the belts; items on the left input [[belt lane]] don't change the side to the right lane. | |||
== Splitting == | |||
* 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. | |||
* if one of the output [[belts lane]] is full, then it tries to output on the other output belt. This is useful to fill belts. | |||
* a basic splitter can keep up with the input of one fast belt, if the two output belts are connected and empty. | |||
== Joining == | |||
[[File:T&T Belt04.jpg|thumb|300px|Feeding from side is only a good use, if you want to make a queue - e. g. for mines, some output-buffer]] | |||
* splitters can be used to join two belts into one. This has a much higher throughput than only side-inserting. | |||
* as with splitting, the belt lanes aren't mixed up. | |||
* when '''both input belts are at full capacity''', then the splitter '''prefers the left input''', or in other words: the right input is only taken to fill gaps in the left input. This can be used to priorize an item-source, for example a storage. See down! | |||
* Use faster splitter if you want to feed into a faster belt, because otherwise your splitter is the bottleneck! | |||
=== Use splitter as merger/joiner instead of feeding from side === | |||
[[File:T&T Belt03.jpg|thumb|300px]] | |||
When you feed a belt from the side, the throughput is limited. With v0.7 this has been improved much, but it is also simply the fact, that you feed only onside of a belt. | |||
=== Cascading of Splitters === | |||
pics at the storage | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Transport | * [[Transport belt]] | ||
* [[Underground | * [[Underground belt]] | ||
* [[Transport network]] | * [[Transport network]] | ||
* [[Crafting network]] | * [[Crafting network]] | ||
[[Category: Items]] [[Category: Transport network]] | [[Category: Items]] [[Category: Transport network]] | ||
Revision as of 22:52, 18 December 2013
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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.
Behavior
- splitters have two input-belt-sides and two output-belt-sides on which you can connect any transport belt or underground belt
- splitters don't shuffle the lanes on the belts; items on the left input belt lane don't change the side to the right lane.
Splitting
- 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.
- if one of the output belts lane is full, then it tries to output on the other output belt. This is useful to fill belts.
- a basic splitter can keep up with the input of one fast belt, if the two output belts are connected and empty.
Joining
- splitters can be used to join two belts into one. This has a much higher throughput than only side-inserting.
- as with splitting, the belt lanes aren't mixed up.
- when both input belts are at full capacity, then the splitter prefers the left input, or in other words: the right input is only taken to fill gaps in the left input. This can be used to priorize an item-source, for example a storage. See down!
- Use faster splitter if you want to feed into a faster belt, because otherwise your splitter is the bottleneck!
Use splitter as merger/joiner instead of feeding from side
When you feed a belt from the side, the throughput is limited. With v0.7 this has been improved much, but it is also simply the fact, that you feed only onside of a belt.
Cascading of Splitters
pics at the storage