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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.
''Splitter'' may refer to:


= Behavior =
* {{imagelink|Splitter}}
 
* {{imagelink|Fast splitter}}
* splitters have two input-belt-sides and two output-belt-sides on which you can connect any [[transport belt]] or [[underground belt]]
* {{imagelink|Express splitter}}
* 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 ==
* [[Transport belt]]
* [[Underground belt]]
* [[Transport network]]
* [[Crafting network]]
 
[[Category: Items]] [[Category: Transport network]]

Latest revision as of 17:43, 2 September 2017

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