Satisfactory 3 to 5 load balancer

With 3 input belts of 480/min each (a full Mk4), the build with the best result is the Looped butterfly: 8 splitters and 10 mergers, with 288/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 3 input belts (I1, I2, I3), 480/min each.
2. Column 1: 4 splitters into 2.
3. Column 2: 4 mergers.
4. Column 3: 4 splitters into 3.
5. Column 4: 6 mergers; 1 loop return leaves from here.
6. Connect the 5 outputs to the destination lines: each carries 288/min.

Rate per segment

Other ways to build it

• Split looped matrix: 42 pieces, 288/min per output
• Looped matrix: 17 pieces, 240/min per output
• Butterfly with sink: 9 pieces, 240/min per output
• Matrix with sink: 14 pieces, 240/min per output
• Looped funnel: 5 pieces, 80/min per output
• Funnel with sink: 4 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 → 5
• 1 → 6
• 1 → 7
• 1 → 8
• 1 → 9
• 1 → 10
• 2 → 3
• 2 → 4
• 2 → 5
• 2 → 6
• 2 → 7
• 3 → 2
• 3 → 4
• 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