Compact train unloading
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:22 pm
by tokenok
Not sure if this has been done before, I've only ever seen a similar 4 lane one, but here are a few compact unloaders I made for 1-4 trains (RHD). I mostly cared that they were narrow, but they also couldn't be too long.
They all have these properties:
can't be flipped, has mirrored version
requires some kind of lane balancing it you want the wagons to always unload evenly
can be flipped and rotated.
Example of how I use them:
They all have these properties:
- fully compressed blue belts of output parallel to rail
- "wagon balanced", all cargo wagons will always empty at the same time (within a 1 or 2 inserter swings)
- buffered via chests
- can unload on either side of rail in either direction (mirrored versions exist)
- has space for rail signals at the end of the train and right after the train stop, as well as some in-between
- space for inserter + requester chest for fuel
- width of a multiple of 2 to align with rails
- very smol
can't be flipped, has mirrored version
requires some kind of lane balancing it you want the wagons to always unload evenly
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small buffer though :(
I tried forever to try to get 2 buffer chests per wagon, but would just end up being one tile too long to reach with an underground, it might still be possible. Probably not needed though. 1 chest-to-chest inserter outpaces 2 chest-to-belt inserters and you only have 2 lanes of output so the buffers still fill up and will last a long time anyways. each chest is only supplying half a lane (2400/22.5/s is like ~1 min 45 secs and thats with items that only stack to 50).
4 lanes out, 4 tiles wide, I saw an image of this at some point and tried to recreate it from memorysmall buffer though :(
I tried forever to try to get 2 buffer chests per wagon, but would just end up being one tile too long to reach with an underground, it might still be possible. Probably not needed though. 1 chest-to-chest inserter outpaces 2 chest-to-belt inserters and you only have 2 lanes of output so the buffers still fill up and will last a long time anyways. each chest is only supplying half a lane (2400/22.5/s is like ~1 min 45 secs and thats with items that only stack to 50).
can be flipped and rotated.
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4 to 4 balancer was modified to fit around the things; it can be replaced with a more normal one ofc
6 lanes out, 8 tiles wide, can't be flipped, has a mirrored version
4 to 4 balancer was modified to fit around the things; it can be replaced with a more normal one ofc
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absolute spaghetti but it's balanced and compressed so w/e
I couldn't fit the last splitter without moving things over 1 tile in the mirrored version, I had to add an extra inserter and 'buffer' belt to fill any gaps in order to keep it the same length as non-mirror version. This meant that I couldn't put a power pole there and had to use a substation. Not a huge fan, but that's what I have that works lol.
The circuit logic on the belts prevents the longer runway from running when the shorter one doesn't have anything forcing them to have same throughput.
Might be possible to shred the 6 to 6 balancer a little more and pull it back where there is more space but I couldn't figure out a way that works and is still be 8 tiles wide
Would love to see other variations or even smaller versions. Feedback is great too, would love to see my mirrored 6 lane be able to fit that missing splitter, but I'm not sure its possible without moving the balancer part one tile away. absolute spaghetti but it's balanced and compressed so w/e
I couldn't fit the last splitter without moving things over 1 tile in the mirrored version, I had to add an extra inserter and 'buffer' belt to fill any gaps in order to keep it the same length as non-mirror version. This meant that I couldn't put a power pole there and had to use a substation. Not a huge fan, but that's what I have that works lol.
The circuit logic on the belts prevents the longer runway from running when the shorter one doesn't have anything forcing them to have same throughput.
Might be possible to shred the 6 to 6 balancer a little more and pull it back where there is more space but I couldn't figure out a way that works and is still be 8 tiles wide
Example of how I use them:
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(I forgo the super long in-line lane balancer on the 2 lane output (red chips) for the shorter more sane one)
(I forgo the super long in-line lane balancer on the 2 lane output (red chips) for the shorter more sane one)
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