Best way to feed rods into 40 reactors

[Ryzilynt]

40 reactors are about finished, they have power and water. I need to get them 20 rods/min as evenly as possible.

Anyone dealt with this before? I’ve done a 7 reactor build in the past and I was able to load balance … but 1:40? Seems absurd.

[Ultima]

Only Uranium or also Plutonium and Fisconium ?
Using shards ?

Here is a 16 reactors at 250%, so the equivalent of 40 reactors without shards.
8 for Uranium, 4 for Plutonium, 4 for Fisconium
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3358394867

It's a matter of time to compile everything.
Just build step by step and you'll eventually make it. You've already achieve 7, which is great, 40 will be just bigger, not harder for you

[Kage Goomba]

Look up "load balancer" - best way to evenly feed without delay.

[Ryzilynt]

Originally posted by Ultima:

Only Uranium or also Plutonium and Fisconium ?
Using shards ?

Here is a 16 reactors at 250%, so the equivalent of 40 reactors without shards.
8 for Uranium, 4 for Plutonium, 4 for Fisconium
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3358394867

It's a matter of time to compile everything.
Just build step by step and you'll eventually make it. You've already achieve 7, which is great, 40 will be just bigger, not harder for you

I have everything ready to recycle the uranium waste, using the instant plutonium fuel cell alt. I’ll probably sink the plutonium rods until I’m ready to set that leg up

[Jack-o-Lantern]

put all fuel rods on a single output belt, then plit and split each..... to reach all
every plant need to be reached passing thru an equal number of splitters

for example....
6 plants.... plit by 3 and each then split by 2

for 40 .... it's a bit of odd number but you can find a way

[Isoclan]

https://icemoonmagic.github.io/Satisfactory-Splitter-Calculator/

[Bobucles]

Best way? Start with fuel production first, and start filling a container. When that factory is running smooth, start building the reactor site. When the reactors are ready you'll have a box of fuel ready to go. Use a manifold and let the rest take care of itself.

Yeah, you could try careful load balancing, but that sounds like a lot of work. Do the projects in the right order, and you won't have to.

[kLuns]

40/5 = 8
You can make one balancer into 5 and from there load balance the 5 belts into 8

Or you can automate 5 or more per minute iodine filters into a dimensional depot and just manifold and sushi/ smart split as much as you like to get the shortest beltwork possible.

[Man's Best Friend]

Originally posted by Jack-o-Lantern:

put all fuel rods on a single output belt, then plit and split each..... to reach all
every plant need to be reached passing thru an equal number of splitters

for example....
6 plants.... plit by 3 and each then split by 2

for 40 .... it's a bit of odd number but you can find a way

With this many reactors, merging all the fuel onto one line is an awful idea.

How many manufacturers are being used to make the fuel? Presumably your number of reactors can already be divided cleanly by that number. In that case, leave the fuel lines separate, and work from there. If you've got 10 manufacturers making fuel for 40 plants, you leave those 10 lines separate and only have to deal with splitting each into 4, which is trivial.

[Ultima]

Do you want the clocking to be rounded ?
You could just split your rod output however you want, example with 8 rods:
divide by 2, gives 4 (x2)
divide by 2, gives 2 (x4)
divide by 2, gives 1 (x8)
divide by 2, gives 0.5 (x16)
divide by 3, gives 0.1666 (x48)

So that makes 48 Plants using 0.1666 rods instead of 0.2. And reduce clock from 100% to 83.3333%.

[Ryzilynt]

Originally posted by Ultima:

Do you want the clocking to be rounded ?
You could just split your rod output however you want, example with 8 rods:
divide by 2, gives 4 (x2)
divide by 2, gives 2 (x4)
divide by 2, gives 1 (x8)
divide by 2, gives 0.5 (x16)
divide by 3, gives 0.1666 (x48)

So that makes 48 Plants using 0.1666 rods instead of 0.2. And reduce clock from 100% to 83.3333%.

I'm running these @ 250%, i'm making 20 rods/min (unlsooped)

[Ryzilynt]

I found plans for a balance 10 way split, I used this side by side to split to 20 belts, I split these belts between every 2 machines

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3360603370