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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. | 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. | ||
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1 belt → x belts | |||
File:1to2_balancer.png|'''1 to 2''' | File:1to2_balancer.png|'''1 to 2''' | ||
File:1to3_balancer.png|'''1 to 3''' | File:1to3_balancer.png|'''1 to 3''' | ||
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File:1to16_balancer.png|'''1 to 16''' | File:1to16_balancer.png|'''1 to 16''' | ||
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<gallery mode="slideshow" heights=180px caption="2 belts → x belts"> | |||
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2 belts → x belts | |||
File:2to1_balancer.png|'''2 to 1''' | File:2to1_balancer.png|'''2 to 1''' | ||
File:2to2_balancer.png|'''2 to 2''' | File:2to2_balancer.png|'''2 to 2''' | ||
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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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< | <gallery mode="slideshow" heights=180px caption="3 belts → x belts"> | ||
3 belts → x belts | |||
File:3to1_balancer.png|'''3 to 1''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | File:3to1_balancer.png|'''3 to 1''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | ||
File:3to2_balancer.png|'''3 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 75%. | File:3to2_balancer.png|'''3 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 75%. | ||
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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 mode="slideshow" heights=180px caption="4 belts → x belts"> | ||
4 belts → x belts | |||
File:4to1_balancer.png|'''4 to 1''' | File:4to1_balancer.png|'''4 to 1''' | ||
File:4to2_balancer.png|'''4 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | File:4to2_balancer.png|'''4 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | ||
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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> | ||
< | <gallery mode="slideshow" heights=180px caption="5 belts → x belts"> | ||
5 belts → x belts | |||
File:5to1_balancer.png|'''5 to 1''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | File:5to1_balancer.png|'''5 to 1''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | ||
File:5to2_balancer.png|'''5 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | File:5to2_balancer.png|'''5 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | ||
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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> | ||
< | <gallery mode="slideshow" heights=180px caption="6 belts → x belts"> | ||
6 belts → x belts | |||
File:6to1_balancer.png|'''6 to 1''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | File:6to1_balancer.png|'''6 to 1''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | ||
File:6to2_balancer.png|'''6 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | File:6to2_balancer.png|'''6 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | ||
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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> | ||
< | <gallery mode="slideshow" heights=180px caption="7 belts → x belts"> | ||
7 belts → x belts | |||
File:7to1_balancer.png|'''7 to 1''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | File:7to1_balancer.png|'''7 to 1''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | ||
File:7to2_balancer.png|'''7 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | File:7to2_balancer.png|'''7 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | ||
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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%. | ||
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< | <gallery mode="slideshow" heights=180px caption="8 belts → x belts"> | ||
8 belts → x belts | |||
File:8to1_balancer.png|'''8 to 1''' | File:8to1_balancer.png|'''8 to 1''' | ||
File:8to2_balancer.png|'''8 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | File:8to2_balancer.png|'''8 to 2''': Throughput can go down to 50%. | ||
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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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Revision as of 13:19, 2 February 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.
- Corner-lane balancer.png
- One lane-corner-lane balancer.png
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.
- Input balanced-lane balancer-1belt.png
1 Belt
- Input balanced-lane balancer-2belt.png
2 Belts
- Input balanced-lane balancer-4belt-smaller.png
4 Belts v.1
- Input balanced-lane balancer-4belt.png
4 Belts v.2
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.
References
- Command line belt balancer analyzer
- Blueprint String Mod
- Collection of lane balancers
- Best collection of belt balancers, most of them are used here.
- Collection of belt balancers, most of these contain a lot of unnecessary splitters
- Another collection of belt balancers, some of these are not input balanced