Ultimate scrap processor

Circuit-free solutions of basic factory-design to achieve optimal item-throughput.
Involving: Belts (balancers, crossings), Inserters, Chests, Furnaces, Assembling Devices ...
Optimized production chains. Compact design.
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Circuit-free solutions of basic factory-design to achieve optimal item-throughput
waterBear
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Ultimate scrap processor

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Here is my end-game scrap processor:
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Blueprint is here:

It processes exactly 240/s scrap. All outputs, including fluids, can back up and it won't jam. It self-balances, meaning that it converts unused LDS into copper and plastic (for example). Made with mixed quality, but uses a lot of legendary.

It is designed for making emag science and rocket parts. It outputs green circuits, copper and iron plate, solid fuel, batteries, red and blue circuits (although you don't need the red), LDS, stone, plastic, holmium solution, and water.

Obviously it was designed to be tiled, like this:
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5 of them is enough to make 1 stacked turbo belt of emag science starting around scrap productivity level 26 and up to the limit of 30.

Certainly if you made 1 unified design to process 5 belts instead of 5 things that each do 1, you could be more efficient. I didn't know how many I would need, so I made a design for 1 belt at a time. Still, I think this is a useful design since it has a lot of desirable properties. It is also slightly wasteful because it does not stack plates from iron gear wheels or from copper wire, so some unstacked plates are lost to recycling. Not enough to matter, IMO.
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Re: Ultimate scrap processor

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Note: I just realized that I left the solid fuel output belt rotated 90 degrees. That's an easy fix that I leave up to the end user. :)
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