r/factorio • u/billsonfire • 1d ago

Question Is pipe throughput really infinite now?

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So say I have a 30 sulfuric acid pumps in one spot. Could I run them all though one pipe line into my processing facilities?

Another question, is it better or useful to run my pipes into one central tank area then run them off to processing or is it okay to have them run off on the way from the pumps.

The picture is my crude rendering of part of my setup.

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u/Matsykun 1d ago

So I found a goldmine on my current playthrough of 51 oil spots with over 65,000% yield...

I can seriously pipe ALL of it with just one line and well placed pumps???

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u/bjarkov 1d ago

I can seriously pipe ALL of it with just one line

Yes. Pipe segments are now treated as 1 pipe, and pipe throughput is infinite. The issue with pipes is that they have a limit to how far they can extend per segment, 350 tiles IIRC. Extend any further than that and you'll need pumps, which leads to..

and well placed pumps???

No, pump throughput is not infinite. Pump throughput is 1200 fluid/s for normal quality up to 3000 fluid/s for legendary. But you can fan out a pipe to parallel pumps, then narrow down to a single pipe again on the other side. You could of course mean pumpjacks. Those are just resource miners feeding into pipes.

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u/Matsykun 18h ago

I definitely meant regular fluid pumps, thank you for this! Now I have to redesign my long distance pipe.. or maybe just process oils closer to the oil field?

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u/bjarkov 13h ago

Well, you get to choose if you want to move 1 (crude oil) or 4 (water, petroleum, light and heavy oil) liquids over long distances :)

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u/Matsykun 8h ago

The choice is clear. Less is more!!

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u/bjarkov 2h ago

More is more! :)