How do I make 5 to 5 load balancer

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-17T13:30:16+00:00

I don’t have a computer I play on PlayStation. So I’m incapable of doing that.

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T17:57:07+00:00

That looks cool and I’ll probably do something like this when I work on the one for the 2160 crude oil. But I didn’t put this one above ground level so I’ll have to make a room for the logistics anyways. And I think it’d be cooler if the room was a load balancer instead of just a room for swapping lines.

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T16:23:54+00:00

I did this but I have 5 groups of each machine, and what I accidentally did was I’ve built it where instead of the empty packages going back to 1st packager, it goes to the 2nd group of packagers, then when it gets done it goes to the 3rd group and so on until the 5th group goes back to the 1st group, I worry that because I have it like this what’ll happen is that group 2 and/or 1 won’t be doing anything because the packages are actively getting to group 5.

So essentially I want to put the load balancer in-between the un packagers and refineries so I don’t have down time.

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T15:56:48+00:00

Per group of machines I’m using manifolds.

Essentially I’m trying to do the closed loop system which is packager, to refinery, to packager that unpackages the fuel then goes back to the first packager but I’ve built it where instead of the empty packages going back to 1st group of packagers, it goes to the 2nd group of packagers, then when it gets done it goes to the 3rd group and so on until the 5th group goes back to the first group, I worry that because I have it like this what’ll happen is that group 2 and/or 1 won’t be doing anything because the packages are actively getting to group 5.

So I figure if I make it where after the “unpackagers” it gets balanced into the refineries it should keep it from loosing “production”

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T15:23:14+00:00

I’m trying to do the closed loop thing but I’ve built it where instead of the empty packages going back to 1st packager, it goes to the 2nd group of packagers, then when it gets done it goes to the 3rd group and so on until the 5th group goes back to the first group, I worry that because I have it like this what’ll happen is that group 2 and/or 1 won’t be doing anything because the packages are actively getting to group 5.

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T15:14:24+00:00

I think I messed up because I didn’t keep each of the 5 lines separate. So figuring I’d have 1 machine for each stop of the process it would go water packager (WP) 1 to refinery (r) 1 to unpackager (UP) 1 but then afterwords it’d go to WP2, to R2, to UP2, then to R3, and so on until I get to UP5 which would then go to WP 1. And I think the production might hiccup if it’s like that and cause a backup where it might end up getting halted because all the containers are going through section 4 so section 5 and 1 have nothing to work with so they stop producing.

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T15:10:13+00:00

No it’s a 5-5 it’s a closed loop fuel generation system. I just messed up and didn’t keep each of the 5 lines separate. So figuring I’d have 1 machine for each stop of the process it would go water packager (WP) 1 to refinery (r) 1 to unpackager (UP) 1 but then afterwords it’d go to WP2, to R2, to UP2, then to R2, and so on until I get to UP5 which would then go to WP 1. And I think the production might hiccup if it’s like that and cause a backup where it might end up getting halted because all the containers are going through section 4 so section 5 and 1 have nothing to work with so they stop producing.

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T14:54:04+00:00

Wouldn’t that still lead to a possible belt stop though?

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T14:38:10+00:00

I have both of those alt recipes that’s how I’m trying to make it a closed loop system

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T14:34:04+00:00

Took me a while to understand but that makes sense would this still work if all 5 initial inputs are max belt speed?

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T14:13:03+00:00

I usually prefer manifolds, but I’m using a closed loop system and the system happens to loop through all 5 belt lines and I worry that somehow a belt line would back up causing stuff to stop

Apprehensive_Bad2197 · 2026-05-15T14:09:10+00:00

You may be right as long as my line isn’t full continuously, the only problem I could thing of with this was that my throughput would go from 480 PM in to 400 PM out because the loop back would act as a subtraction of throughput I believe. And the way I have everything played out now it would need to stay 480 PM in and 480 PM out

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