Looking for Advice on EnderIO Auto Ore Processing Logic

[Tairgire]

Playing DW20, I've just set up simple automated ore processing using EnderIO's Sag Mill and Alloy Furnace. I'm trying to decide what to do about the other potential uses of the Sag Mill such as clay blocks for making silicon, etc. I've got a general dump-all-the-things chest that goes to storage or to the Sag Mill based on a whitelist advanced filter. That filter, which is the best as far as I'm aware, only has 10 slots and I've used all those up on the ore blocks (even with the metadata ignore thing selected, I had to take them all up it seems.) Do people usually filter in from an additional side? Set up a second Sag Mill for non-ore processing? Something else I haven't thought of? I feel like I'm making this more complicated than it needs to be -- hoping I'm missing something.

Also, assuming same priority and channel color, should a whitelist filtered input "win" over a non-filtered/general input? It seems like it may be doing a round-robin but I always figured a whitelist would win.

 

[malicious_bloke]

Honestly, you're better off sending everything off to sorted storage first then using one of the autocrafting mods (like AE or SFM or whatever) to set up export on demand to the SAG mill. That way you can have multiple item types sent to it without everything getting clogged up.

But more on topic, you can set up an additional filter on the other face.

 

[darkeshrine]

I usually set up multiple machines for processing. Having a bunch of filters for one machine isn't that bad, but I do multiple machines more for efficiency. Multiple processing setups allow for faster processing, more tidy setup with less pipes and filters, and it just makes for better troubleshooting when something goes wrong.

 

[Tairgire]

Honestly, you're better off sending everything off to sorted storage first then using one of the autocrafting mods (like AE or SFM or whatever) to set up export on demand to the SAG mill. That way you can have multiple item types sent to it without everything getting clogged up.

This might be something to aim for. AE2 and SFM are still pretty new to me so figuring them out is a good goal to set. I've been trying to figure out EnderIO but you can see where that's got me so far.

 

[Inaeo]

I tend to build several processing units off the same input. I start small and build more, and filter better, as I grow.

Basically, I have (in the beginning) a chest for input (that gets upgraded as materials present themselves) feeding a SAG Mill and/or a TE Pulveriver with no filters. At this point, I'm dumping ores in manually, so anything I put in should be able to be processed. As I add more SAG Mills/Pulverivers, I begin filtering the export pipes (those going into the machines from the chest). The main advantage here is that once I get a filter maxxed out, I know its time to build a new processor, while a single line from the Input Chest can feed the whole setup.

As I move forward, my OCD takes over and begins separating the ores based on secondary output and machine availability. My goal is to produce as many ingots from my material while minimizing wait times. NEI will show the percentage for secondary outputs, and they can vary dramatically from ore to ore and processing maching to machine. After a while, I will set up things like a TE Induction Furnace as part of this line, feeding filtered materials in for best results.

All of this setup feeds into a holding chest, then to a small bank of Alloy Furnaces to convert dusts to ingots (with blacklists to prevent processed goods that don't require baking, such as clay/silicon), then to a barrel wall. Once my ME system is up and running, it takes over some of these duties, but usually it only needs to export into the original Input Chest and then pick up the completed goods for storage/crafting.

 

[desht]

Sounds like there are quite a few ways of going about this. Here's mine:

• Advanced filter on a high-priority inserting item conduit (green channel) whitelists all ores into a buffer chest
• Item conduit on brown channel extracts from buffer chest, inserts into 1 or more SAG mills
• Item conduit on blue channel extracts from SAG mills, and ...
• ... advanced filter blacklisting all ore dusts re-inserts into buffer chest
• ... blue channel inserts dusts into one or more Alloy Smelters (lower priority than filter above)
• Item conduit extracts from Alloy Smelters on green channel
• Item conduit extracts extra by-products (silicon, sulphur mainly) from buffer chest on green channel

The green channel here is my primary EnderIO item network, with a main input Ender Chest which has a speed-upgraded extracting conduit on it.

By using channels, item conduits can be can kept to a minimum. I also get a little bonus silicon from repeatedly grinding the cobblestone by-product, and any bonus flint from that automatically goes into the SAG Mills for an efficiency improvement. Works pretty well, and it's easily scaled - adding more SAG Mills or Alloy Smelters as I expand is not a problem. I even keep this mini-network going after getting an AE system up & running.