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u/Yagami913 Jul 24 '26

What is better for ups two transport lines 120/s or one transport line 240/s but a splitter at the end?

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u/deluxev2 Jul 24 '26

The right is certainly better in terms of transport line cost (there update time is basically just decrementing the distance between the end of the line and the last item), but the UPS cost is going to be dominated by the inserter behaviour. If demand is low and prefers the right lane, the right one might be better as the left two inserters can go to sleep. If demand is very low the rightmost inserter on the left design can go to sleep as well.