Transport network

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Transport networks consists of Transport belts, Splitters, Underground belts, Inserters and Storages.

Transport belts are the core element in Factorio. They are used for transporting items in your factory. You put items at one place and take them down at another. In the simple setup below the transport belt is used to transport the iron ore from Mining drills to the right where an Inserter picks it up and puts it into the furnace.

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Use chests to store items, instead of using them immediately.

In most of the cases inserters must be used to put/pick things from the transport belts. However Mining drills place items they produce (mine) directly on the transport belt - as you can see above.


Transport belts (Moving ground)

The Transport belts where the first elements of this class of entities, so the whole class is called so, even if the Underground belts and Splitters work quite differently. ("moving ground" might hit the meaning better)

Transport belts Underground belts Splitters Speed (tiles/second) Needed research
Basic transport belt Basic underground belt Basic splitter ~1.8 none
Fast transport belt Fast underground belt Fast splitter ~3.6 Logistics 2
Express transport belt Express underground belt Express splitter ~5.6 Logistics 3

Inserters

It is assured that inserters always put the items on the more distant part of the transport belt. Inserters also prefer taking items from the closer part of the belt.

Item Max power Description
Burner inserter 180 W (burner) Most basic inserter, needs burning fuel.
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Inserter
13 W Basic electric inserter.
Long handed inserter 18 W Basic inserter able to grab Items from 2 tiles distance.
Fast inserter 30 W Inserter working at double speed.
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Smart inserter
40 W Inserter able to connect to Circuit network and specify work conditions.

Storages

A storage is used to store items. Many things can be used to store items: Furnaces, assemblies and any entity, that has stacks, like cars, but even the belts can be seen as storage. But in conjunction with the Transport network we mean the most efficient way, which is using Chests:

Item Max stacks Description
Wooden chest 16 Basic storage chest.
Iron chest 32 Larger basic chest.
Steel chest 48 Basic chest with maximum capacity of 48 stacks.
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Smart chest
48 Connectable to Circuit network.
Provider chest 48 Used for Logistic network, Circuit network.
Storage chest 48 Used for Logistic network, Circuit network.
Requester chest 48 Used for Logistic network, Circuit network.

See also Storages.