Dual wagon unloader with balancing

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Dual wagon unloader with balancing

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I like to run dual wagon, single ended trains for most things. I find they work best when loading ore. Also I perfer loads of smaller trains instead of a few bigger ones so it is not much of an issue when one gets stuck at a depleted ore patch.

Here is my unloading setup:
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Some features:
- 20 chest storage size for a reasonable supply buffer between trains.
- 5 to 3 bluebelt balancer for maximum comperssion and output sharing.
- Stabling for 3 extra trains for low demand times.
- Enter and exit to and from either mainline direction.
- Full chest detection and balancing.

Here is a closeup of the unloader:
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In the lower part of the unloader you can see some logic units that detect when either the left or right banks are full. A green lamp will light.

There are a pair of belts between the wagons that will shuffle material between wagons in case there is a full bank imbalance. If one bank is full and the other is not (Only one green lamp is lit) material will be moved to the non full bank until such a time that both banks are full or both wagons are empty.

I made the balancer because I noticed my trains would be sitting at an unloading station waiting to feed material in to a full bank while the other bank had plenty of room.
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This is the setup that I used to launch over 100 rockets with.

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may not have the throughput of yours, but a LOT less splitters/space needed.
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just wire the crate to belt inserters to eachother. read hand contents (hold), enable when *everything = 0.
chests get unloaded evenly to make transfers from train fast.

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Re: Dual wagon unloader with balancing

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I like the setup you are using, that system can also be used to make a buffer with balanced input as well:
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But as you say, throughput...

This one is running 204 copper furnaces.
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