How to Control Power Flow with Clutches and Belts

Managing where and when power travels through a workshop prevents stress overloads and lets you toggle individual workstations on demand.

Halting Lines with Clutches

When you need to pause an entire section of machinery without disabling your main power generators, use a Clutch:

1. Break a section of your power transmission line and place a Clutch in line with your Shafts.

2. Under normal conditions, the Clutch acts as a standard shaft, letting rotational force pass through freely.

3. Provide a Redstone signal to the Clutch using a lever or button. When powered, the Clutch completely stops all rotation past that point while leaving upstream generators running.

Spanning Distance with Belts

Instead of placing long lines of expensive gearing, use Belts to transfer power across gaps:

1. Place two Shafts within range of each other. Belts can connect shafts positioned horizontally, vertically, or diagonally at a 45-degree angle.

2. Connect a Belt between the two shafts to transfer rotation smoothly between them.

3. Belts can hold extra shaft pulleys along their span to branch off additional power, and they simultaneously function as conveyors to move physical items between chests and processing stations.