Transport belt capacity (research)

Transport belt capacity (research)

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Cost
60 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 2000
Prototype type	technology
Internal name	transport-belt-capacity-1
Required technologies
Allows
2

Object description

Space Age expansion exclusive feature.

Increases the transport belt stack size by 1, up to 4. Only stack inserters, big mining drills and recyclers can create belt stacks.

Stack inserter research introduces a baseline stack size of 2, doubling the throughput compared to non-stacked belts. There are two levels of transport belt capacity research, each of which increases the stack size by 1.

Transport belt capacity 2 also increases the hand size of non-bulk and non-stack inserters by 1.

Technology	Cost	Effect
1 Transport belt capacity 1	60 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 2000	Stack size 3
2 Transport belt capacity 2	60 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ✖ 3000	Stack size 4, non-bulk inserter capacity +1

Belt throughput

Belt stack size allows more items to stack on a belt, therefore increasing maximum belt throughput.

Belt type	Base rate (stack size 1)	Stack inserter researched (stack size 2)	Belt capacity 1 researched (stack size 3)	Belt capacity 2 researched (stack size 4)
Transport belt	15 items /s	30 items /s	45 items /s	60 items /s
Fast transport belt	30 items /s	60 items /s	90 items /s	120 items /s
Express transport belt	45 items /s	90 items /s	135 items /s	180 items /s
Turbo transport belt	60 items /s	120 items /s	180 items /s	240 items /s

History

• 2.0.7:
  • Introduced in Space Age expansion.

See also

• Research
• Technologies
• Stack inserter