Suction Cup Picking Machine (Blueprint of a Blandbl creation)
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:53 pm
by Binoculars
Hello factorian friends,
The text below will be translated from French to English on Google Translate.
I recreated the blueprint of a creation posted on Reddit by Blandbl. His creations are really interesting and ingenious. Unfortunately, he doesn't share his blueprints. Here is the link from the Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... _factorio/
I only replaced the inserters, which consumes less energy.
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Re: Suction Cup Picking Machine (Blueprint of a Blandbl creation)
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:58 am
by Kalanndok
The question is:
What is this contraption supposed to do exactly?
Re: Suction Cup Picking Machine (Blueprint of a Blandbl creation)
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:06 am
by NotRexButCaesar
Kalanndok wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:58 am
The question is:
What is this contraption supposed to do exactly?
It copies an industrial machine that picks up items.
Re: Suction Cup Picking Machine (Blueprint of a Blandbl creation)
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:39 am
by Binoculars
Kalanndok wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:58 am
The question is:
What is this contraption supposed to do exactly?
I don't particularly know. In a kovarex system, this can be interesting.
Re: Suction Cup Picking Machine (Blueprint of a Blandbl creation)
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:44 am
by Impatient
Binoculars wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:39 am
I don't particularly know.
From what I see in the reddit video, it is an equal loading mechanism.
- All the inserters have "read hand contents" set.
- The left most inserter has no activation condition set.
- All the other inserters are connected to the inserter to their left and have "anything > 0" as activation condition set.
- The belts also have "anything > 0" as activation condition set and are connected to the right most inserter.
So your blueprint does not replicate it exactly. You connected everything to everything.
Also, to make this work, one circuit controlled belt after each inserter should suffice.
Re: Suction Cup Picking Machine (Blueprint of a Blandbl creation)
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:59 am
by Binoculars
Impatient wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:44 am
So your blueprint does not replicate it exactly. You connected everything to everything.
Also, to make this work, one circuit controlled belt after an inserter should suffice.
I did the best with my knowledge. I think this creation can serve some production, if one wants each assembly machine to make a similar number. For that, it would be necessary to add a few combiners.
You can try to improve this line, but I doubt you will, since you don't find a use for it
Re: Suction Cup Picking Machine (Blueprint of a Blandbl creation)
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:08 am
by Impatient
You are probably right. The reddit user wanted to replicate the real world machine. Not find a solution for a particualr problem in factorio. There are more efficient equal loading solutions in factorio, I believe.
Re: Suction Cup Picking Machine (Blueprint of a Blandbl creation)
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:00 pm
by Binoculars
Impatient wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:08 am
You are probably right. The reddit user wanted to replicate the real world machine. Not find a solution for a particualr problem in factorio. There are more efficient equal loading solutions in factorio, I believe.
