Conveyor Junction

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Conveyor Junction
Icon Block Conveyor Junction.png

Function: Use conveyor tubes and junctions to connect inventories of blocks s...
DLC? Vanilla

Fits small grid
Mass: 313 kg
Hitpoints: 1130
PCU: 25
Size: 3x3x3
Time to Build: 14 sec

Fits large grid
Mass: 524 kg
Hitpoints: 1740
PCU: 10
Size: 1x1x1
Time to Build: 20 sec

Data Controls: [purge] (?))

The Icon Block Conveyor Junction.png Conveyor Junction is used alongside several similar blocks to link inventories on a ship or station into a network. Once built, a conveyor system allows items and gasses to be easily transferred between the inventories of blocks, and can even automatically move items as needed.

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

In contrast to Icon Block Conveyor Tube.png Conveyor Tubes and Icon Block Conveyor Tube T Junction.png Conveyor Tube T Junctions, the Conveyor Junction connects in all six directions, at the cost of needing a few more components to be built. It is also fully airtight, unlike even Icon Block Reinforced Conveyor Tube.png Reinforced Conveyor Tubes.

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.

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.

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


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