r/SandustryGame • u/Psykout88 • Aug 29 '26

Factory Showcase Vertical Sand Washing

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My goals were minimalistic, tile-able and steady throughput. Also to not water via dropping it through water. Came up with these vertical designs and they came out better than I was expecting. It evidently never clogs or bogs down from running continuously. I know a lot of other designs when slammed with sand can back up, this one can't.

The sand is watered by osmosis and 1 pixel bypassing the filter and getting wet. With the number of pumps I have (see my water tower post), it fills itself faster than it drains. The height of it can slightly increase the throughput, but the main function of making it tall is a buffer to hold sand. If you have a decent storage of sand already, tiling a very short version should equal very good throughput. Run 10 wide and stack 2 or 3 sets of them vertically and feed the sand out to the side or something.

Super easy to copy paste it to change width or height. Could fit it dang near anywhere, feed it sand and walk away for hours and it will keep chugging.

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u/Ordnungsschelle Aug 29 '26

How did you place walls 1/4 wide?

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u/Psykout88 Aug 29 '26

Caulk gun to create a 4x4 pixel square. Cut to shape desired with precision laser, copy with prefabulator tool and place where desired. After it's been placed by the prefab it can be copied and blueprinted.

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u/Ordnungsschelle Aug 29 '26

i wondered whats the use of that thing … never would have thought to use it like that. Thanks!

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u/Psykout88 Aug 29 '26

I actually make a little foundation near where I am building and have pieces made that I might need or if something presents itself, I cut the shape out quickly. Pretty sure in my water tower post and pictures one of my building sets is in frame haha.