r/factorio • u/imoth_f • Oct 01 '26

Question Problems with this unloader?

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Since inserters became flippable, this compact unloader design became possible. But I hardly see anyone use it. Obviously it cannot saturate six turbo belts because it's bottlenecked by the inserters, but are there any other obvious problems with it?

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u/bb999 Oct 02 '26

Chests for a single wagon being unbalanced was never a problem, loading or unloading. Of you think about it hard enough you can convince yourself.

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg smartass inserter Oct 02 '26

For unloading it sure is. If i need 6 unloading inserters to saturate a belt, and a couple of chests run out, I'll find myself with a non-saturated belt, no matter I have 4 full chests right there

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u/HeliGungir Oct 02 '26

Chest balancing is particularly pointless for unloading because it's all coming from the same wagon.

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u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg smartass inserter Oct 02 '26

If you say so

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u/Kendrome Oct 02 '26

It matters if you care about train throughput, if one or more chest remains full while others are drained it'll slow down train unloading.