Technology · Item
Booster blower
A fan on a conveyor: it pushes items up a line or past 20 m; with nothing on its output it throws them through the air.
In the game
How to get it
At the grid: a coil on top, 2 conveyors on each side of a cogwheel (the fan), 2 iron sheets at the bottom. Set it in a conveyor line and bring it power.
What it is for
Lift items up a tower, carry them farther than 20 m, or launch them (up to 4 jets a second, 1 to 64 items, 1 to 20 m/s, at the angle you set) into a grid or a pit.
Why it exists
A belt only carries downhill and short by itself; the blower is the price of going up and far.
The same text the game shows in its progress tree and on the item's sheet (I).
How to make it
At the grid: a coil top middle, 2 conveyors of its speed on each side of a cogwheel, 2 iron sheets in the bottom corners.
How it works
- A conveyor carries by itself only downhill and up to 20 m. Farther or up, put a blower in the line: it draws power for the distance and the height (up to 8 kW on a small power cable).
- Launcher: with no conveyor on its output, it throws items: up to 4 jets a second, 1 to 64 items each, at 1 to 20 m/s and 0 to 90 degrees. It launches only where the land is loaded.
On the progress path
LO1TransportSide quest
One of the items of the step Item logistics.
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