Conveyor Junction

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Conveyor Junction
Icon Block Conveyor Junction.png

Category: Storage
Function: connects conveyor tubes in six ways

Fits small grid
Mass: 313 kg
Power: -0.000001 MW
PCU: 25
Size: 3x3x3
Time to Build: 14 sec

Fits large grid
Mass: 524 kg
Power: -0.000001 MW
PCU: 10
Size: 1x1x1
Time to Build: 20 sec

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The Icon Block Conveyor Junction.png Conveyor Junction is a part of the storage system.

Usage

The Conveyor Junction is used alongside several similar blocks to link inventories on a ship or station into a network. Once established, the conveyor network allows items to be easily transferred between blocks and will automatically move items as needed.

For more information about conveyors, see Conveyor system.

Power

From release 1.196 on, power requirements of the conveyor system are not progressive based on length of lines anymore, but are constant 1W.

Gallery

large Conveyor Junction
A large Conveyor Junction with ports in six directions

Trivia

In limited experimentation it has been found that a Conveyor Junction follows a pattern when checking where to dump inventory. If you orient a conveyor where the sides are all right side up, as shown by the label on each face, and the top has the writing on the far side, the conveyor will first try and dump right, then left, then to the back. This information can help with routing assembler inventory dumps to prevent pile up.

Construction

In contrast to a Conveyor Tube, the Junction connects in all six directions, and it stands in for the non-existent X-junction or other shapes. It has mount points on all sides, providing higher stability than Conveyor Tubes or Curved Conveyor Tubes, at a higher component cost.

Recipe

Icon Block Conveyor Junction.png Conveyor Junction
ComponentLarge Ship/Station
Required
Large Ship/Station
Optional
Small Ship
Required
Small Ship
Optional
Icon Item Small Steel Tube.png Small Steel Tube2015
Icon Item Motor.png Motor62
Icon Item Interior Plate.png Interior Plate1010105
Icon Item Construction Comp..png Construction Comp.2010155


Functional Blocks