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Very nice idea:)
Sort of ran away with it and made this: so i could do this: Still dumb, but stackable dumb

LOL!

Your's is a bit faster then the original.

Made some adjustments so it's stackable. Still just as slow as it was. Or maybe 3 times faster .

disentius wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 23, 2018 9:51 pm

so i could do this:
kovarex stacked.PNG

Still dumb, but stackable dumb

jftr:
Stacking it 2x3 instead of 1x5 will save you 6 Beacons plus their modules for the price of some extra belt.

Correct.
It's a proof-of-stackability, not actual production. we had a forumdiscussion a while ago about kovarex enrichment, and Trebor's Idea is a new approach.
You can find it here:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=62778

Made some adjustments; stackable and smaller.
Never realized that the new splitters have so much potential.

Wow! That is tiny.

disentius wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 25, 2018 6:23 pm

Made some adjustments; stackable and smaller.
Never realized that the new splitters have so much potential.

Dumb Kovarex smaller.PNG

Name your prize, dude. That is insane.

What is the advantage to using splitters instead of filter inserters?

Picks up jaw, re-attaches to face.
7x3, tileable.

I do not understand how disentius desgin works (which tells me I have not grasped the true potential of the new splitters as well), but I feel it might be more tolerant to the startup phase as it priorizes 235 into its own, closed loop.

I really should finish Fallout 3 and see that I start a new factory...

@DaveMcW:

I am designing builds for a base:
- Substation grid aligned
- All factories fully beaconed
- All designs modular (e.g. stackable in both directions)
- Bot and belt versions of each

so i made this:
to be able to do something like this:
Your design is very elegant, as usual, but not modular enoughto fit easily in the substation grid.

PS.
Bots would be easier here, but where is the fun in that?
[edit2]
PPS. Final design will have some cirquit logic added to get rid of the feedback loop, but this will work.

For a very simple circuit design I like this:
https://youtu.be/o2Taa04Qrw8?t=70

No combinators needed. Just wires two inserters to a small stretch of belt and outputs the excess. It's not self-feeding and needs to be primed at the start, but after that it works nicely

Aaaand ofcourse i'm wrong.
Dave's design, beaconed and grid aligned.
[facepalm]

Anyone else had the back of their head asking if the title of this thread was about the guy?

Nope.
Trebor's idea of using splitters was a new thought, so a new Kovarex variation for me. Awesome!
And I knew of Dave's design, But hadnt really used in a build yet.

[EDIT]
And the only (simple) one i found which doesn't get stuck when stacked, be it backpressure or starving input, without circuit logic.

Hi, as suggested by disentus, I'm adding my contribution.

My version don't use splitters but circular scheme instead. You can start with only 1 Kovarex, then 2, then 4, etc. entirely modular.
Currently I'm using bots, but you can use belts to add uranium (the u-238 is kinda useless once launched).

The maximum increase in speed is 500%.
It's much more simpler than using splitters IMO.

nafira wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 30, 2018 4:22 pm

Hi, as suggested by disentus, I'm adding my contribution.
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It's much more simpler than using splitters IMO.

This looks really cool: Simple smart Kovarex. My kind of centrifuge "battery" (Look at the underground belt for the positive pole.)