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Splitters can be used to split or join belts, but have many other not so obvious usages.

This is somehow reflected in the repeating threads (some example) which are started by newbies to this game. So much is said: in most cases, there is no need for that.

Types

Type Speed (tiles per Game-second)
Splitter 1.875
Fast Splitter 3.750
Express Splitter 5.625

Basic

Task: Make a branch in the middle of a longer belt to deliver other parts of your factory.

  • remove a belt-segment in this long belt.
  • select a splitter, rotate it into the right direction and place it into the gap.
  • 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.
  • when you finish and the belts are not jammed, then you can see that every second incoming item is output on the new belt.

Advanced

Main article: Belt transport system

The behavior of splitters looks simple at first glance. But they are not that simple. Splitters have an astonishing amount of uses.

  • splitters have two input-belt-sides and two output-belt-sides on which you can connect any 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 (and vice versa).
  • Splitting
  • 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
    File:T&T Belt03.jpg
    Better: The capacity of the output belt is fully used.
    • 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.
    • Use faster splitter if you want to feed into a faster belt, because otherwise your splitter is the bottleneck!

Expert

Special behavior

Other Usages

Mods

Belt Lane Splitter

See also

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