Conveyor Belt Mk.I

Logistics

We need automation! Conveyor belts are the most basic part of production automation. They can transport cargo from one place to another.

Transport Speed		6/s
Made In		Assembler
Hand-Make		Replicator
Grid Size		1×1
Stack Size		300

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Summary

Upgrades

Conveyor Belt Mk.II

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Logistics

Having a greater throughput of the conveyor belt and transport the cargo faster.

Transport Speed		12/s
Made In		Assembler
Hand-Make		Replicator
Grid Size		1×1
Stack Size		300

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Conveyor Belt Mk.III

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Logistics

Maximize the speed and throughput of transporting cargo. Can design a more efficient production line with a reasonable combination of conveyor belts with different transport speed.

Transport Speed		30/s
Made In		Assembler
Hand-Make		Replicator
Grid Size		1×1
Stack Size		300

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Production Chain

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
3 1 s 2 1		✔

Production Progression Chart

for more information on reading and using these charts, see Production Progression Chart

Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
120	2 120		1 180
60	1 60	1 60	1 180
Buildings Required		3 2
Raw Materials Required (per minute)		180
Raw Materials Required (per unit)		1

Used In

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
3 1 s 3 1		✔

Player Tips & Tricks

The Conveyor Belt Mk.I can carry 6 items per second or 360 items per minute.
A full belt holds one item per tile and one item per connection between tiles. Thus an item on the belt moves three tiles per second.
Stack size per inventory slot: 300

Placing down

Once the start point has been selected, pressing R will switch the direction the belt will follow before turning 90 degrees to reach the destination point.
When placing belts, altitude of current point can be changed by pressing the ↑ and ↓ arrow keys. Pressing 0 (Zero) (with Num Lock on) will reset to ground.
While the editor requires two tiles at either ends to level off before being able to turn. On the downstream part of the slope, where it levels off, one can erase a belt segment and place a turn 1 tile earlier.
Holding Shift while placing will disable building snapping, allowing easier laying of belts over buildings/other belts.
The baseline altitude limit of placing Belts is 12 above the ground, making it possible to place up to 13 belts one on top of another. The limit can be increased by researching the Vertical Construction. Each level of the upgrade increases the limit by 6, up to the maximum of 48.

Merging

Joining belts together is allowed, but only in the direction that they merge their cargo together.
When merging a belt into a straight belt, the straight belt has priority over the joining belt.

Direct interaction

It is possible to place items directly on conveyor belts. To do this, mouse over a section of belt until a white box appears. Click the box to bring up an interaction dialog window, with a circular port that displays what is on that section of the belt. If there is nothing on the belt, you can take an item from your inventory and place it in the port (if you have several of the same item to place, hold down the mouse button; there is no need to click for each individual item).

Conversely, you can take items directly from belts in the same manner. Additionally, you can pick up items by holding Ctrl while left-clicking on the item. You can keep Ctrl and left-click pressed while walking or dragging to pick up multiple items.

Mass-Deletion

When deleting belts, holding Shift before clicking a belt will delete the entire belt all at once (within build range).

Mass-Upgrade

When upgrading belts, holding Shift before clicking a belt will upgrade the entire belt all at once (within build range).