Satisfactory 1 to 5 load balancer

With one input belt of 480/min (a full Mk4), the build with the best result is the Split looped matrix: 7 splitters and 7 mergers, with 96/min on each of the 5 outputs.

A splitter only divides by 2 and 3, so part of the flow goes back to the input (a loop) to reach this count.

Step by step

1. Bring in the input belt (I1), 480/min.
2. Column 1: 1 splitter into 2.
3. Column 2: 2 mergers.
4. Column 3: 2 splitters into 2.
5. Column 4: 4 splitters into 3; 2 loop returns leave from here.
6. Column 5: 5 mergers.
7. Connect the 5 outputs to the destination lines: each carries 96/min.

Rate per segment

Other ways to build it

• Looped matrix: 4 pieces, 80/min per output
• Matrix with sink: 3 pieces, 80/min per output

Open it in the balancer generator · Plan the belts between two stages of your factory

What it is

A load balancer is a set of splitters and mergers that takes N belts and delivers M belts at exactly the same rate, no matter how much each input carries. There is no “balancer” piece in the game: you build it from regular pieces.

Other load balancers

• 1 → 3
• 1 → 4
• 1 → 6
• 1 → 7
• 1 → 8
• 1 → 9
• 1 → 10
• 2 → 3
• 2 → 4
• 2 → 5
• 2 → 6
• 2 → 7
• 3 → 2
• 3 → 4
• 3 → 5
• 4 → 2
• 4 → 3
• 4 → 5
• 4 → 6
• 5 → 4
• 5 → 6
• 6 → 4
• 6 → 5
• 6 → 8
• 8 → 6
• 2 → 2
• 3 → 3
• 4 → 4
• 5 → 5
• 6 → 6
• 7 → 7
• 8 → 8
• 9 → 9
• 12 → 12