GSO Step Conveyor

The GSO Step Conveyor is a manufacturing block, useful for circulating chunks around a processing base.

It has 2 Attachment Points, one for each end of the conveyor.

It, like all GSO Blocks, can be crafted with a GSO Fabricator.

Conveyor
Conveyors are used to move chunks around bases to feed appliances and fill silos. When multiple conveyors are placed next to each other, they choose a direction and form a chain. Chains are easy to notice because of the animated texture Conveyors in a chain adopt. It is not necessary for all conveyors in a chain to be from the same Corporation. The direction of a conveyor chain can be inverted by pressing and holding right-click.

If a chunk is on a conveyor that is part of a chain, it will follow the direction of the chain by being passed along to the next conveyor in the chain. conveyor chains can be looped to allow chunks to circle back. Alternatively, they can be not looped in which case chunks will pass along and stop when they reach the last conveyor, unless they are pulled off by something when they reach the end. If one such conveyor chain points into another conveyor chain, it will inject any chunks into the new chain.

If a chunk is on a conveyor that is not part of a chain, the chunk will remain on the conveyor unless it is pulled off by something.

Conveyors pull from

 * Nothing

Conveyors will receive from

 * Refineries
 * Scrappers
 * Filters
 * Alternators
 * Silos (if a crafting appliance along its chain requires a chunk from that silo.)
 * Receivers
 * The last conveyor in its chain.

Conveyors push to

 * Nothing

Conveyors' output can by pulled by
Conveyors can only hold one chunk at a time. They will not accept any more until their chunk can be sent somewhere else, which allows another to be admitted. Chunks can only be pulled off the ends of the GSO Step Conveyor, never off the sides.
 * Silos (unless a crafting appliance along its chain requires a chunk it carries)
 * Fabricators (only if the fabricator requires the chunk a conveyor carries)
 * Refineries (except for when a fabricator requires the chunk it carries to be unrefined)
 * Component Factories (only if the factory requires the chunk a conveyor carries)
 * Delivery Cannons
 * Filters
 * Alternators
 * Droppers

The GSO Step Conveyor is useful for changing which orientation or level chunks are being held in a base. It creates a 45o slope in conveyor chains.

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