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| Transport belts (Conveyor belts) are used to transport [[Items]]. They don't need energy to do that, and this is one of the [[Mysteries of the Factorio World]], but like any other mystery in Factorio this has just gameplay-reasons.
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| == Items ==
| | ''Transport belt'' may refer to: |
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| {| class="wikitable"
| | * {{imagelink|Transport belt}} |
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| | * {{imagelink|Fast transport belt}} |
| ! scope="col" | belt-type
| | * {{imagelink|Express transport belt}} |
| ! scope="col" | factor speed
| | * [[Belt transport system]] |
| ! scope="col" | speed ([[Tile|tiles]]/[[Game-second|sec]])
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| ! scope="col" | needed [[research]]
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| | {{imagelink|basic-transport-belt|Basic transport belt}} || 1 || 1.875 || none
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| | {{imagelink|fast-transport-belt|Fast transport belt}} || 2 || 3.75 || [[Logistics 2]]
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| | {{imagelink|express-transport-belt|Express transport belt}} || 3 || 5.625 || [[Logistics 3]]
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| Related: [[Splitters]], [[Underground belts]] Nearby: [[Inserters]], [[Storages]], [[Transport belts/Physics]]
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| == Basic ==
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| '''Task''': make a steady flow of items from your [[Mining drill]]s to the [[Furnace]]s.
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| * Select a belt by taking a [[Storages/Stack]] from your [[Inventory]]
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| * rotate the belt by pressing "R", until the right direction is reached
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| * place the belt (by default right mouse)
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| * keep pressing right mouse and move into the belts directon: the build continues
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| == Advanced ==
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| === Behavior ===
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| Technically the only difference of the belt-types is the speed (and color), in practical usage there are some differences in density, awaited throughput and handling in conjunction with inserters. See [[Transport belts/Physics]] to dig deeper into that.
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| Belts can be imagined as "moving ground". Everything on a belt is moved in the belts direction.
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| Technically an item is a small box ([[Collision box]]) and moving means, that the position of an item is constantly changed but the items are not allowed to overlap. A picture can show you, the movement better:
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| [[File:Belts2.png|300px]]
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| Here you can see the items moving upward [[Game-tick|tick by tick]]. And when coming to the turn, they aren't rotated, but moved to the side.
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| Note: You can watch the [[Collision box|collision boxes]] running on the belt in game, when you press F6! See [[Game-options/Keyboard binding]].
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| === Combining belts ===
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| ==== Turns ====
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| [[File:transport-belt-two-lines-2.jpg|thumb|256px]]
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| It is guaranteed, that that '''[[Transport belts/Turns|turns]]''' keep the alignment of items. Inner side of the turn moves items at half the speed, meaning turns are likely to be bottlenecks. Using faster belts at the [[Transport belts/Turns|turns]] is recommended.
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| See also
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| * [[Transport belts/Turns]] for details about turns.
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| * [[Transport belts/Optimizing]] about other ways to speed up this bottleneck. | |
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| ==== Belt Lanes: using two sides ====
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| [[File:transport-belt-two-lines-1.jpg|thumb|256px]]
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| Because a belt is much broader than an item, a belt has '''[[Transport belts/Belt lane|two lanes]]''', that can be used for transporting. But there are many more things, that can be done with the two lanes.
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| See also
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| * [[Transport belts/Belt lane]] for more about usage of the two lanes of a belt.
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| * [[Transport belts/Optimizing]]
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| ==== Side inserts (Crossings) ====
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| [[File:transport-belt-two-lines-3.jpg|thumb|256px]]
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| When belts are crossing, items are [[Transport belts/Side insert|inserted from the side]], items stay on the side of the belt it came from.
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| See also
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| * [[Transport belts/Side insert]] how to use it efficiently.
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| == Expert ==
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| === Special behavior ===
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| * [[Transport belts/Physics]]
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| * [[Transport belts/Turns]]
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| * [[Transport belts/Blocking items]]
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| * [[Transport belts/Side insert]]
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| * [[Transport belts/Optimizing]]
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| === Other Usages ===
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| * [[Transport belts/Speedup Walking]]: Walk/run in belt direction add the speed of the belt to your own.
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| * [[Transport belts/Defense]]: Use the Express belt to slow down the enemies
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| === Useless knowledge ===
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| * [[Transport belts/Transport other entities]]: even the car can be transported with belts.
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| * [[Transport belts/Why do belts use no energy?]]: Some reasons...
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Transport network]]
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| ** [[Splitters]]
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| ** [[Underground belts]]
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| * [[Crafting network]]
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| [[Category: Items]] [[Category: Transport network]] [[Category: Moving ground]]
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