Splitters

File:Basic-splitter.png Basic splitter

File:Fast-splitter.png Fast splitter

File:Express-splitter.png Express splitter |-

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

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

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

• Transport belt
• Underground belt
• Transport network
• Crafting network