Requesting a Sorter Mod for Manufacturing.

[Armageddon141]

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

I want to make a request for a mod for Sorters for a smart manufacturing build.I have four sorters in a line which share few same materials so i want the 1st sorter to not sort out items already coz i want the same mats to pass through to the 2nd sorter.

e,g i want Fertilizer to pass through the 1st Ammunition sorter to 2nd Pyrotechnic sorter.Problem is, the 1st sorter has Fertilizer designated to it already and so gets sorted out in the 1st place.I want the Fertilizer to reach the 2nd sorter without getting sorted out in the 1st sorter."A toggle for the sorters to stop sorting out designated mats passing though it and keeping the belt running would solve that problem."

Just to be clear i want a "toggle mod for the sorters to keep their belts running and to sort only when i want it to sort".

P.S i have a space problem so i can't make more routes for them to work separately.Please save my weeks of work.

Thank you.

Edited September 27, 2018 by Armageddon141

[HadToRegister]

If you're not already using it, try the mod "Manufacturing Extended"

 

How about trying a Y-splitter with one of those gates that diverts the material to each branch every other time?

Using one of the Logic Gates, connect to a laser trigger and one of those gate-things that will allow the object to pass straight by it, or divert it to the other branch of the Y-Splitter, and will divert the next bag, to the other branch of the Y-splitter. (Looks like a sitck that swing open and closed, like diverting train tracks)

 

So the first bag of fertilizer triggers the laser, and that triggers the diverter to divert the bag of fertilizer down the right hand branch of the Y-splitter, to the machine that makes Ammo.
The second bag of fertilizer triggers the laser, and that doesn't trigger the diverter, so the bag heads down the left hand side of the Y-spliiter to the machine that makes fireworks etc..

You could also also cascade two Y-Spliiters so Y-spliiter 1 left, feeds the Ammo machine, while Y-Splitter right branch, feeds Y-Splitter 2, which in turn yadda yadda yadda, although that would probably take up a heck of a lot of space.

[Armageddon141]

Oh....yeah ,i should have used the Y splitters at the very start of the process.Actually i started out with two mills but eventually ended up adding 2 more mills and got stuck with one straight line with 4 sorters simultaneously placed on it ,hence ending up in the mod requests.

Currently i am reworking Y splitters from the very start to split them for four mills with 4 individual routed sorters with divertors and all.Fingers crossed for space.Thnx for the tip :)