Turbo transport belt

The turbo transport belt is a late-game transport belt tier that moves items faster than the express transport belt. It is unlocked by the Turbo transport belt research and is part of the standard belt progression used to move items between machines, buffers, and logistics systems.

In game terms, the turbo transport belt has a maximum throughput of 60 items per game-second, a speed of 7.5 tiles per game-second, and a maximum density of 8 items per tile. These values make it the fastest normal belt tier listed in the standard belt family, allowing very compact high-volume item transport where earlier belts would become a bottleneck.

Because belt throughput depends on both belt speed and item spacing, the turbo transport belt is most useful in places where large continuous flows must be sustained over distance, such as main bus lines, ore and plate transport, or feeding dense production blocks. Its high speed also makes it effective for short, very busy stretches where items need to reach assemblers or smelters quickly without relying on trains or bots.

• Use it to replace slower belts on heavily loaded lines that regularly back up.
• It is especially valuable when many lanes are merged into one line and the resulting traffic would exceed the capacity of lower-tier belts.
• Since it supports the same belt-based interaction as other transport belts, it can be combined with splitters, underground belts, and inserters in the usual way.
• The listed properties are measured in items per game-second and tiles per game-second, so the practical flow depends on how densely items are packed on the belt.

For more detailed behavior, the belt’s performance follows the general transport belt physics used by all belt types, including item spacing and compression effects.