Belts, inserters, storage, robots and material routing.
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Moves items along two belt lanes between miners, furnaces, assemblers and storage.
Routes belts under obstacles and other surface logistics over limited distances.
Distributes and merges belt streams, with options for output priorities and filters.
Moves item stacks between machines, chests, belts and other inventory interfaces.
Moves items across an additional tile of separation compared with common inserters.
Moves items more rapidly than the basic inserter and is useful for busier consumers.
Moves larger item batches under appropriate conditions in current Factorio versions.
Space Age: specialized inserter capable of stacking items on transport belts in supported setups.
Makes items available to logistic robots for requests without aggressively emptying into storage.
Requests specified item quantities from the connected logistic network.
Provides logistic coverage, charging and construction coverage to compatible robot networks.
Builds or removes planned entities when supplied with materials and usable construction coverage.
Transports items between compatible chests and requests within connected logistics coverage.
Receives certain excess items in the logistic network and can accept construction deconstruction output.
Combines logistic provisioning and requested stock behavior under applicable robot network rules.
Carries items over the rail network for medium and long distance supply chains.
Carries liquids between rail-connected facilities, useful for oil and other fluids.
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