I really like the idea of mixing the items and using the same belt for the ingredients and the red chips!

Two things I would change:

• Use level 2 instead of level 3 aseembling machines, to really make it an early red chips production.
• Include copper wire production into the blueprint.

I don't understand why you would need 6 splitters for 4 belts. You actually only need 4. One splitter for each input and two outputs. Have a look at my design: Filter-/Excess Splitters It uses only one splitter per belt. Of course my design is throughput limited because I merge some of the output be...

You know there is a mobile version of the game right?

https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-132

I really like you're design and will try this soon! The only thing that bothers me a little bit is the bottom splitter that is side-loading on the belt in front of it, but that shouldn't be to much of a problem. It could even be solved by setting the splitter's filter to the item that is on the belt...

I'm pretty sure 90% of the >=0.16.17 players already use this design (including me), so... can't be too bad.

Hi Nex!

I've already seen your design in-game.
Do you mind if I leave this here as it deal with the same problem?
Filter-/Excess Splitters

Hello, this is my first post. I want to present you my 4-, 6- and 8-Belt Filter- and Excess-Splitters. These designs use the new splitter mechanics of 0.16.17, so... thank you devs! The only difference between the Filter- and Excess-Splitters is the configuration of the splitters. Excess Splitter Sp...