> The inserter-alike that pushes/pulls to/from belts must start or end the belt, which back to our smelting array example means you can't trickle a single belt

> The inserter-alike that pushes/pulls to/from belts must start or end the belt, which back to our smelting array example means you can't trickle a single belt past a line of smelters you have to hit a splitter first What? This isn't true at all. You can definitely have a single belt going past your smelters: https://preview.redd.it/zh1ezv02ule61.jpg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8ab08440c900f315c1a7fa28fadf6cdf27abe10 https://preview.redd.it/zh1ezv02ule61.jpg?width=1920&format=... > The inserter-alike also has a transfer rate dependent upon the distance it covers (think normal vs long inserter throughput) and I have had trouble getting them to consistently snap to the closest belt segment, instead going one further and halving their transfer speed. Which has been maddening. 12+ hours of DSP so far and I have never had that problem. Are you playing with the grid turned off or something? I'm trying to understand why you're having trouble.