Simple packaging system for your sorting beast (RP, factorization)

[sumguy]

Hello all!

Long-time lurker, 1st time poster! (so be nice! lol)

Been playing with FTB DW20 V4 SSP for a while now, and I came up with (what i believe) to be a very easy packaging system that should would for most RP sorting system setups. So here is my original design (If it has already been done before, i'm sorry) for a simple packager system.....

Back in the day, I had a packager for each item I wanted packaged, but became stupid after i had 10+ packagers, filters, and sorting machines, one fore each item. This became even more agrivating when i started running into some ores that could have different ID values, so i'd have to set up 2 machines for 1 ore (Copper, Tin, Silver). The design I created allows all of that to be compacted into a 3x1x3 area, and still be able to handle everything I throw at it. Credits goes to eloraam for inspiration to use the sorting machine as a filter-on-crack (Check out SOTMead's youtube channel, I saw it there somewhere on server play recently)

Overview:

- The Blue is my Blutricity power (Sapphire Bock Jacketed Bluewire to be exact)
- 4 Sorting machines (Centered around reticle)
_ LEFT: Your primary sorting machine. Be advised that any items you wish to be auto-packaged do NOT need to be sorted, but you can filter the results (Iron Blocks, etc)
_TOP:

_ RIGHT:

_ BOTTOM:


So items from quarry / to be sorted come in from the bottom left. they go up the left sorter, and most items get sent to the top-left, ores go upstairs (to be spit out of that sorter at the very very top). Then, anything that is filtered for packaging will be filtered through the top sorter into the chest. The right sorter will pull out groups of 9 (to make sure the packager doesn't jam up) and the bottom sorter will pull the results out without a redstone signal and feed it back into the system, ready to be sorted....

Thoughts / comments / questions ?

 

[Evil Hamster]

Sorting machines are a bit of overkill. Filters work just fine:

 

[sumguy]

While it may sound overkill, a filter can only support up to 9 items per machine, whereas a sorting machine is able to handle 40 per machine. Having 3+ filters hooked up to one chest to fulfill my packaging needs is overkill IMHO. Plus the sorting machine isn't that much more expensive, especially if you're auto-packagaing uu-matter

I tested my design with a filter instead of the bottom sorting machine, worked, did not know that, very cool. Still may use sorting machine as it's helping to bridge my bluelectic wiring to other machines. Still, I personally prefer having 1 sorting machine instead of 4 filters, keeps things nice and compact for me.

Question: What is that redstone torch for? something upstairs? or is it triggering the filters?

 

[Evil Hamster]

Filters don't require blutricity though, makes a more compact system. I also don't (yet) have use for more than 18 items to compact. If I do, I may switch to a sorter. I'll figure that out if I ever need it. Though I can add 3 more filters easy!

It's not a torch- it's a sequencer (I think that's what it's called, like a timer with 4 outputs) It's triggering my filters and the filter feeding cobble into my recyclers for my mass fab (that system is attached on the left of this pic: