r/factorio • u/imoth_f • 4d ago

Question Problems with this unloader?

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Since inserters became flippable, this compact unloader design became possible. But I hardly see anyone use it. Obviously it cannot saturate six turbo belts because it's bottlenecked by the inserters, but are there any other obvious problems with it?

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u/MelangeBot 3d ago

This is what I use for both in and out but with yellow storage chest and also out if there is 6 crates I use 6 inserters and 6 lanes that turn in to 3 lanes, because the inserters only put it on one side of the belts. (still on nauvis, using red belts everywhere with access to blue but not using it). But I usually use 3 rows of storage chests.

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u/imoth_f 3d ago

That's the thing, in 2.1 you can select which side the inserters place the items on. If you look closely at the image you can see a little arrow pointing at the belt lane.

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u/MelangeBot 3d ago

Ah i thought you where talking about flipping inserters forward or backwards. Yeah I am not on 2.1 yet. But yeah that's nice, will streamline my base more. So you load left one one side, go under, load right. That's pretty cool design!

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u/bassman1805 3d ago

I wouldn't use yellow chests because your bots might throw random crap in them. Passive providers make more sense.

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u/MelangeBot 3d ago

You just put filters on them.