How to automate big recipe mixes

How to automate mixing for a recipe for more than one mix with full control. A quick guide, so might not be the best quality.

Guide

I use this for the best OG Kush mix, which required 7 mixes in total. A fully automated approach to mix all 7 exactly how I want it.

Process explanation

The key to the operation success is that the Chemists can move a mixed product from a mixing machine to another mixing machine, essentially creating a conveyor belt of mixing machines.


In the image:
- Orange: The input of FRESH OG Kush or whatever you start with, only going in to mixing machine 1.
- Blue: The 7 shelves of mixer products going in to each mixing machine 1 to 7 accordingly.
- Pink: Each mixing machine has a destination to the next machine, except for machine number 7
- Green: Machine number 7 (the last one) has a destination to a shelf from where it can be packaged and sold.

Chemists

We'll need 7 mixing machines; 1 mixing machine per mixer product (e.g. Cuke, Paracetamol, Gasoline, etc). Simply because this is the only way to control what is being mixed in each mixer
within this product operation. Note: you can use any type of machine, it works for MK1 and MK2.

Each Chemist can mix at 3 stations each, so we need 3 Chemists for this mix:
- Chemist 1 - Operates mixing machines 1 to 3. Moves product from 1 to 2, and 2 to 3, and 3 to 4.
- Chemist 2 - Operates mixing machines 4 to 6. Moves product from 4 to 5, 5 to 6 and 6 to 7.
- Chemist 3 - Operates mixing machines 7, and has room for 2 more stations, so you can use them to cook meth or whatever. The final mixing machine (number 7) destination is a large shelf where the final product is stored.

Handlers

I use 2 handlers to make this work. Because it's a 7 mix operation, we need 7 shelves of mixer products, being moved in to 7 mixing machines. Each handler can only do 5 routes each, so we need 2 handlers.

- Handler 1 - Move products from mixer shelves in to mixing machines 1 to 5
- Handler 2 - Move mixer shelves to mixing machines 6 and 7. The other 3 routes can be used for other jobs like moving product to packing machines, etc.


Thanks for reading this short guide, ask any questions and I'll answer as soon as I can.

[Ace]

I got this down a lot easier and on a bigger scale, and i sell meth worth 171 base

[tee]

The handlers move the products to the shelves from other shelves so I can bulk buy the products and just leave them alone

[FabeChe]

Dev updated Chemist and Handler. Chemist can now use 4 MixStations, Handler can now only carry 5 Routes...

[『Cemo』]

do you move the mixer products to the shelves yourself or do handlers do it?

[Extreme Circumcision]

What's the growing setup like? How many botanists you got?

[tee]

The recipe I use is for $164:
Paracetamol
Cuke
Paracetamol
Gasoline
Cuke
Megabean
Battery

[Bahamut_256]

For people confused about why their chemists are broken. The April patch changed them from 3-4 stations max capacity, and they no longer recognise old stations.
Pick up and place down every station again to fully reset your chemists then reassign them and they will work again.

[Cocklaphobia]

also why have mk 1 mixers?

[Cocklaphobia]

it ends up being slower, but alot simpler

[Cocklaphobia]

personally, i just have 1 chem and 1 handler, a mk 2 mixer and a large storage cabinet, the handler takes from the shelf in the order its placed, so it will grab the ingredient in the first slot, then the 2nd, 3rd, etc. i when its done one step of mixing i have the chem put the product on the same cabinet and the handler puts it back on the mixer as its a different category that the other ingredients. I do find myself stuck at only 8 or 9 ingredient mixes with this.