Setup for automated salvaging
Setup
Above is my setup for automated salvaging.
Components
- Shredder
- Logic Circuit
- Delay Circuit
- (Lowered) Electricity Generator
- Robot Arm x2
- Delay Circuit x18
- Extra Circuits as needed
The Idea
The idea is that we only want the first/right Robot Arm to be active when the Shredder is empty. I don’t know the exact timing, but I found that the Shredder salvages items in roughly 18s. So we want the Robot Arm to only be active every 18s lest it dumps the items on the ground. Thus, I utilized 18 Delay Circuits to send a signal in a loop. This gives us a 1s signal every 18s period.
The Shredder has to be powered all the time. Since it transmits electricity to adjacent tiles, we have to use another Robot Arm to keep a gap between the Shredder and the pulse setup.
Priming
The setup needs to be primed first by feeding the Logic Circuit a signal. I used a lever (highlighted on the left) to do this. Feed a signal until the first delay circuit lights up and remove the signal. In my case, I turned the lever off.
That’s it! Simple and Easy!
I used a chest in my setup but you can connect this to whatever inventory system you have to salvage unwanted gear.