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DEETS 2016 年 6 月 27 日 下午 2:16
Need help with buffers
I've never found myself needing buffers, but I figured I'd go for some to stabilize production. This is when I came to the sudden realization that I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to buffers.

What are some good buffer designs/tips for buffer designs for a 4-belt main bus (where two belts are for copper plates, and two for iron plates)?
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KatherineOfSky 2016 年 6 月 27 日 下午 5:24 
Not to discourage you from developing a plan... but I just wanted to say -- furnaces hold 100 stock of plates each if you let it build up... providing a natural buffer to any system.
DEETS 2016 年 6 月 27 日 下午 5:26 
True, but that's only good up until a certain point -- I'm planning ahead for the long haul, even though I'm not there yet.
Mazian 2016 年 6 月 28 日 上午 11:09 
https://wiki.factorio.com/index.php?title=Transport_belts

Design is based on your belt speeds.

If you want to try to create a buffer system for Express Belts, for example, you need a total of 18 Fast Inserters (9 per side) and Chests to create a buffer system. That's just for putting the stuff into the buffer chests-- you need double that number of inserters for the output. (And of course, you need fewer inserters for slower belts.)


I think that buffer designs for a main bus is a bad idea-- especially for a 4-belt main bus... you're going to have to split-out/layout your bus to support 72 inserters and 72 chests (and all associated splitters and belts).

At a rough guess, you have to have X*18 fast inserters to unload from the chests back to the belt, and X*42 Express Belts, and At least two splitters for each Main Bus line (X*2 Splitters).

This equates to ~ 384 entities in your layout, not including power poles to power inserters. You will certainly need more to align the buffer layout with the rest of the main bus. (Or, if you use slower belts, you'll need fewer inserters, chests and belts.)


I've never seen any such designs and wouldn't use them myself because, as noted above, I think it's a bad idea.



Good luck.
DEETS 2016 年 6 月 28 日 下午 10:50 
Hmm. Based off that and the fact that bots are infinitely more convenient, probably going to stay away from buffers then for that bus, and instead might have a storage system on the side for certain things. Thanks for the heads up!
Emmote 2016 年 6 月 29 日 下午 12:23 
This is more of an option now that you have Stack Inserters. They can load from/to a belt at ridiculous speeds.
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Mazian 2016 年 6 月 29 日 下午 2:16 
That is a good point and something I wasn't considering when I wrote the above. I was still mired in the v0.12.x mechanics-- but you're absolutely correct, the exact design of a belt buffer would be radically altered by the use of Stacking Inserters and maximum research on the stacking technology.

I feel a sudden need to science the ♥♥♥♥ out of this.
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