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Balancers are used to evenly distribute items over multiple belts or multiple belt lanes.
Balancers are used to evenly distribute items over multiple belts or multiple belt lanes.


Belt balancers are usually used to balance mutiple belts before or after train stations to ensure even loading of buffer chests and train wagons. They are also usually used to even out production by placing them in front of large machine arrays with mutiple input belts. Belt balancers do not balance the indivual belt lanes!
Belt balancers are usually used to balance multiple belts before or after train stations to ensure even loading of buffer chests and train wagons. They are also usually used to even out production by placing them in front of large machine arrays with multiple input belts. Belt balancers do not balance the individual belt lanes!


Lane balancers are usually placed after production to ensure that a belt is fully compressed or before consumption to ensure that both lanes of the belt are evenly drained.
Lane balancers are usually placed after production to ensure that a belt is fully compressed or before consumption to ensure that both lanes of the belt are evenly drained.
 
== Lane Balancers ==
== Lane Balancers ==
=== Input Unbalanced, Output Balanced ===
=== Input Unbalanced, Output Balanced ===
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== Belt Balancers ==
== Belt Balancers ==
These belt balancers are all tested to be input balanced and output balanced. Throughput under full load is 100% and min throughput with blocked in- and outputs is also tested, it is notoed when that is under 100%. Tests are done using [https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=34182 this handy tool] by d4rkpl4y3r on the Factorio Forums. When there are mutiple versions of balancers that have the same stats but different sizes, the balancer with the smallest footprint is shown.
These belt balancers are all tested to be input balanced and output balanced. Throughput under full load is 100% and min throughput with blocked in- and outputs is also tested, it is noted when that is under 100%. Tests are done using [https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=34182 this handy tool] by d4rkpl4y3r on the Factorio Forums. When there are multiple versions of balancers that have the same stats but different sizes, the balancer with the smallest footprint is shown.




=== 1 belt to x belts ===
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1 belt &rarr; x belts
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=== 2 belts to x belts ===


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2 belts &rarr; x belts
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<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
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File:2to16_balancer.png|'''2 to 16''': Throughput can go down to 50%.
File:2to16_balancer.png|'''2 to 16''': Throughput can go down to 50%.
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=== 3 belts to x belts ===
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
 
3 belts &rarr; x belts
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<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
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File:3to8_balancer.png|'''3 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 50%.
File:3to8_balancer.png|'''3 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 50%.
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</gallery>
</div></div>




=== 4 belts to x belts ===
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
 
4 belts &rarr; x belts
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<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
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File:4to8_balancer.png|'''4 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 50%.
File:4to8_balancer.png|'''4 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 50%.
</gallery>
</gallery>
</div></div>




=== 5 belts to x belts ===
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
 
5 belts &rarr; x belts
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<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
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File:5to8_balancer.png|'''5 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 62.5%.
File:5to8_balancer.png|'''5 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 62.5%.
</gallery>
</gallery>
</div></div>




=== 6 belts to x belts ===
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
 
6 belts &rarr; x belts
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<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
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File:6to8_balancer.png|'''6 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 50%.
File:6to8_balancer.png|'''6 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 50%.
</gallery>
</gallery>
</div></div>




=== 7 belts to x belts ===
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
 
7 belts &rarr; x belts
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<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
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File:7to8_balancer.png|'''7 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 70%.
File:7to8_balancer.png|'''7 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 70%.
</gallery>
</gallery>
</div></div>




=== 8 belts to x belts ===
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:800px">
 
8 belts &rarr; x belts
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<gallery mode="packed" heights=180px>
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File:8to8_balancer.png|'''8 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 50%.
File:8to8_balancer.png|'''8 to 8''': Throughput can go down to 50%.
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* Splitters can also take two inputs and one output.  
* Splitters can also take two inputs and one output.


The output will be an even mix of both the inputs. This can be
The output will be an even mix of both the inputs. This can be

Revision as of 21:48, 28 January 2017


Balancers are used to evenly distribute items over multiple belts or multiple belt lanes.

Belt balancers are usually used to balance multiple belts before or after train stations to ensure even loading of buffer chests and train wagons. They are also usually used to even out production by placing them in front of large machine arrays with multiple input belts. Belt balancers do not balance the individual belt lanes!

Lane balancers are usually placed after production to ensure that a belt is fully compressed or before consumption to ensure that both lanes of the belt are evenly drained.

Lane Balancers

Input Unbalanced, Output Balanced

These balancers evenly distribute the items onto the output lanes but do not "pull" evenly from the input lanes when the output is backed up. They are input unbalanced.

The last two balancers are a special case, they only work when there are items on only one side of the input belt.

Input and Output Balanced

These balancers evenly distribute the items onto the output lanes and "pull" evenly from the input lanes when the output is backed up. They are input and output balanced.

Belt Balancers

These belt balancers are all tested to be input balanced and output balanced. Throughput under full load is 100% and min throughput with blocked in- and outputs is also tested, it is noted when that is under 100%. Tests are done using this handy tool by d4rkpl4y3r on the Factorio Forums. When there are multiple versions of balancers that have the same stats but different sizes, the balancer with the smallest footprint is shown.


1 belt → x belts


2 belts → x belts


3 belts → x belts


4 belts → x belts


5 belts → x belts


6 belts → x belts


7 belts → x belts


8 belts → x belts

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