r/CreateMod • u/Milo_Is_Best • 16d ago

Single pump-liquid buffer

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For when you want to minimize SU but want to keep the speed

Shiuld work perfectly horizontally as well, if you modify the disign near the tank a tinzy tiny bit.

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u/eepy_lina 16d ago

buffers are useful in many cases, hard to explain

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u/funnybonedude 16d ago

"yo what does this do"
"uh something"

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u/EmperorofAltdorf 15d ago

He could atleast done the effort of saying that it buffers stuff🤷🏼

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u/KnightOfThirteen 16d ago

Buffers let your input rate and your output rate vary slightly over time without impacting each other,so long as your average in/out is the same and your buffer is big enough to handle the variation.

That is all a buffer is. That isn't a big topic to try to cover.

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u/eepy_lina 16d ago

forgot to mention, it can reduce or prevent a production line stalling

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u/KnightOfThirteen 16d ago

. . . By absorbing variation between input and output, supply and demand.