Both designs should handle unlimited throughput but seems to suffer from "splitter stutter" reducing throughput.Įdit: To solve this it is possible to add a second 4-4 balancer in the middle:īlueprint Image 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 The only difference I could find is a better throughput when there is a single belt of input and output. This simply isn't properly shown in the video, because the tool I used to record and upload didn't allow for more than 60 seconds.Ĭredit to /u/kroppeb for coming up with the first idea and iteration of this concept.
#Factorio balancer full
As long as the output is lower than the input, the internal gaps will fill up, eventually resulting in full output as well. This is only possible because of the internal gaps on the belts still existing. The entire balancer is quite large, which means that when you block off one of the outputs, it takes a while for all the belts to fill up internally to force the rest of the items onto the remaining belts.Īs you can see from the video, the balancer continues to consume the full 2 belts at the input, even though the output isn't saturated. This is simply a result of the video being only 60 seconds. I see a lot of people asking if it's really throughput unlimited because it seems to not output a full 2 belts with 2 belts of input. Though people that are used to looking at balancer can probably figure this out by looking at the above demonstration, it may be a bit easier to see in this video EDIT: Is it really throughput unlimited? Probably not, but when has that ever stopped me from making something? This means that on top of "balanced" and "throughput unlimited" there is now a third category of balancers, "universal". On top of that, it's throughput unlimited. Unlike the normal and throughput unlimited balancers, this balancer remains balanced on both the input and output sides if one or more of the outputs are backing up. Introducing now: The 4-4 Universal Balancer™ What makes this balancer universal? Belt balancers collected by and some created by Raynquist, most can be downgraded to yellow or red belt except for those labeled _blue or _red_blue for which substitute balancers are provided in a dedicated book.We all know the regular 4-4 balancer and the throughput unlimited version with the extra splitters on the end.