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Factorio 16 to 16 Balancer Blueprint

Evens out sixteen belts in a 16 x 16 square with 32 splitters. Balanced, not throughput unlimited, listed for blue and turbo, with a red version.

In-game render of the 16 to 16 balancer blueprint

In-game render of the 16 to 16 balancer blueprint

16 to 16 balancer for blue and turbo belts

1616
Input belts
16
Output belts
16
Balancer type
belt
Size (tiles, width x length)
16 x 16
Listed belt tiers
bluegreen (turbo)
Throughput unlimited
No
Input balanced
Yes
Output balanced
Yes
Entities in the blueprint
Express transport belts
129
Express underground belts
50
Express splitters
32
String exported by Factorio
2.0.69.0
Designer
raynquist

String exported by Factorio 2.0.69. Decoded and checked by this site; not test-imported in the game.

Is the 16 to 16 balancer throughput unlimited?

No. It is balanced: it draws evenly from every input and gives every output an equal share. It is not throughput unlimited, so when only some inputs are fed or some outputs are blocked, an internal bottleneck can keep the total below what the remaining belts could carry. That is fine where all belts run full; where they often do not, check the other layouts and nearby configurations for one marked throughput unlimited.

Belt tier note

Built with express (blue) belts, splitters and undergrounds. The collection lists only blue and turbo undergrounds for this layout, so red is not covered by the main version. A separate lower-tier version is kept with its own string under the other layouts below.

Compatible underground tiers listed by the source: blue, green (turbo). A yellow-belt alternate exists in the downgrades folder.

Source
Book
Raynquist's Belt Balancers Fall 2025
Book folder
other balancers
Name in the book
16-16 balancer
The book covers
1-1 to 9-9, plus some 10-x, 12-x, 16-16, 32-32, 64-64 and 128-128 configurations; lane balancers for 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 belts; yellow-belt alternates in a downgrades folder

Other 16 to 16 balancer layouts

The other layout is a red-belt version, one row longer at 16 x 17, for factories that have not reached blue belts.

16-16 red balancer

16-16 red balancer

Size (tiles, width x length)
16 x 17
Throughput unlimited
No

16 to 16 balancer blueprint string

The string was exported from Factorio 2.0.69. Copy it, open the game and press Import string on the shortcut bar, then paste. This site decoded the string and checked the entities and size against the preview, but did not import it in the game.

Is there a 16 lane balancer?

There is no lane balancer for sixteen belts in the collection; its lane balancers stop at 8 belts. For sixteen belts evened out against each other, use this 16 to 16 belt balancer.

Nearby balancer configurations

All belt balancers