They don't transport items but make the blue belts, right after the first splitter, not to make left/right turns but to be straight, so the items are side-fed onto the belt, with only one lane used: http://i.imgur.com/jWus83c.png The balancer balances lanes (uneven demand on the consumption-belts l...

Oh wow, this is like christmas! I got that Factorio itch again! 1 more hour at work, and I'm home for a weekend of marathon gaming! Thanks

Edit: Why does your lane balancers use yellow belts which points in the wrong direction? Am I missing something clever?

Koeing 420-400

Yeah, but the information in that thread seems old and outdated. Something about belt speed being redone in 0.12 or something.

When you are at the electric stage, you got access to bots anyway, so redesigning is fairly simple. My opinion of course.

Shameless bump. I use this setup in my games now, and it's so awesome and easy to plan. Could you post some more of your "racks" (no pun intended.) ? I would love to see some clever ideas!

Isn't that the wrong ratio? Afaik, you should have 6 green and 5 red.

What is known to be the most efficient furnace layout? I use 40 stone furnaces per yellow belt. According to my math, 40 stone furnaces should produce approx. 12 plates / second. A yellow belt have 13,33 items / sec. This should work, but I have problems with belt compression. Whats the easiest/most...