GSO Alternator Conveyor

The GSO Alternator Conveyor is a manufacturing block, useful for splitting up chunks in a processing base.

It has 5 Attachment Points, one for every side except the top where the resource is held.

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

Alternator
Alternator conveyors are useful for splitting up resource and component chunks in a processing base.

When an alternator pulls a chunk into its 'wide' green end it will send it either to its front end, right side end or left side end, where it will push it into a suitable receptacle if one is present. It will decide which direction to send the chunk in in order based on what direction it last sent it in. It sends its chunk in the order;

Front, Right, Left, (clockwise on the lamps)

When first placed, an alternator will first send a chunk to its front side if it can.

If an alternator cannot send its chunk in the direction it would first choose, it will skip it, effectively removing it from the order. If there is only one possible output, it will only send chunks to that output. If there are no possible outputs, it will continue to hold its chunk.

The lamps on top of an alternator are useful in determining what direction it will send a chunk next. A green arrow indicates that the alternator has a suitable input pointing into the correct side. A blue arrow indicates that the alternator has a suitable output on that side. A red arrow indicates the alternator has a suitable output on that side and will try to send its chunk to it.

Alternators pull anything from

 * Collectors (excluding Venture Collector and Hawkeye Pack Collector)
 * Silos
 * Conveyors

Alternators will receive anything from

 * Refineries
 * Scrappers
 * Filters
 * Other Alternators
 * Receivers
 * Component Factories

Alternators push to

 * Conveyors

Alternators' output can by pulled by
Alternators 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.
 * Silos
 * Filters
 * Other Alternators
 * Droppers
 * Component Factories (but only if the component factory requires the chunk the filter is currently holding.)
 * Delivery Cannons
 * Fabricators (only if the fabricator requires the chunk the filter is currently holding.)

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