#If I replace all my tubes with pumps and tanks, will it increase liquid throughput?

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still bough
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naive dune
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yes

opal violet
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+faq pipe throughput

indigo basinBOT
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Pipe throughput

The fluid amount on a pipe is how much is currently in THAT 1x1 pipe segment (same as a tank), not the rate of flow. (Pumps show actual flow rate if you want to see it.)

  1. https://factoriocheatsheet.com/#fluid-wagon-transfer
  2. https://wiki.factorio.com/Fluid_system#Pipelines
  3. https://forums.factorio.com/19851
    In short: Use underground pipes as much as possible, separate your flows into multiple pipelines (avoid cross-linking pipes), and space pumps evenly through the entire line to maintain pressure gradients.
    Remember: As long as there is even a small amount of fluid reaching the consumers, that amount is available to them every tick, meaning they can get 60x that value per second. A gradient is required for flow, but the output of a pipe can be nearly empty and still satisfy everything along it.
opal violet
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And this is specifically why. If you have absolutely zero pipes or underground pipes, then you should be able to sustain the origin 12k coming from the Offshore Pump

cosmic sluice
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Offshore Pump does 1.2k/s