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Ore sieve, Create-powered (windmill + crushing wheels)

Chain id: sieve_auto · Tags: Infinite source

Tips: 4

Machines

Stone BarrelGregTech
Device Water GenAqueous Accumulatorinfinitewater
0.75 s
Cobblestone
gtceu:stone_barrel
WindmillCreateGenerator
no listed input
Crushing WheelCrushing WheelsSU
create:windmill_bearing
Crushing WheelsCreate
Cobblestonesmart chuteWindmill BearingSU
Gravel
create:crushing_wheel
Magnet generatorNew AgeGenerator
no listed input
LV 1a Energy ConverterLV ConverterFE
create_new_age:generator_coil
LV ConverterLV
Generator CoilMagnet generatorFE
up to 32 EU/t
Mechanical SieveLV
gtceu:lv_1a_energy_converter
Mechanical SieveGregTech
Gravel64LV 1a Energy ConverterLV ConverterLV
Crushed Copper Ore×16Crushed Iron Ore×16Crushed Tin Ore×16Crushed Sphalerite Ore×16Crushed Magnetite Ore×16
gtceu:mechanical_sieve

Flow

How to build

  1. Aqueous Accumulator between two water source blocks. Turn on auto-output on two faces, one into each Stone Barrel. — thermal:device_water_gen
  2. Two Stone Barrels, each with one lava bucket inside (never used up) and ghost circuit 0. Each makes 1 cobblestone every 0.75 s, so the pair gives 160 cobble per minute. — gtceu:stone_barrel, minecraft:lava_bucket
  3. Both barrels auto-output straight into one drawer, which acts as the cobble buffer. — functionalstorage:oak_1
  4. A Brass Funnel (filtered to cobblestone) pulls from the drawer and drops cobble between the crushing wheels. — create:brass_funnel
  5. Two Crushing Wheels spinning toward each other at 140 RPM. Stress: 2 × 8 SU/RPM × 140 = 2 240 SU. Gravel falls underneath. — create:crushing_wheel
  6. Generator Coil on the same shaft at 140 RPM, ringed by 6 Magnetite Blocks (force 1) and 6 Redstone Magnets (force 2). Total force 18, so 140 × 18 / 20 = 126 FE/t. Stress: 140 × (18 + 24) = 5 880 SU. — create_new_age:generator_coil, create_new_age:magnetite_block, create_new_age:redstone_magnet
  7. Carbon Brushes touching the coil collect the FE, and an LV 1A Energy Converter turns it into EU at 4 FE per 1 EU. 126 FE/t is about 31.5 EU/t, just over the Mechanical Sieve’s 30 EU/t, so it never starves. — create_new_age:carbon_brushes, gtceu:lv_1a_energy_converter
  8. One Windmill Bearing with 128 sails turns at 16 RPM and gives 512 × 16 = 8 192 SU. Gear it up with large→small cogwheels. The load is 16 + 42 = 58 SU per RPM, so the maximum speed is 8 192 / 58 ≈ 141 RPM. — create:windmill_bearing, create:white_sail
  9. Gravel goes into the Mechanical Sieve’s input bus, with a string mesh that is never consumed. Every 40 s, 64 gravel becomes 16 Copper, 16 Iron, 16 Tin, 16 Sphalerite and 16 Magnetite, which leave through the output bus into drawers. — gtceu:mechanical_sieve, exnihilosequentia:string_mesh
  10. Going to 256 RPM (Create’s limit) needs 58 × 256 = 14 848 SU. Add a second 128-sail windmill (16 384 SU total) and set a Rotation Speed Controller to 256. The coil then makes 230 FE/t ≈ 57 EU/t, and the wheels crush 1.8× faster. — create:rotation_speed_controller, create:windmill_bearing

Tips

  • 64 gravel → 16 of each ore every 40 s. The string mesh inside is never consumed.
  • Same build with sand (gems), dust (redstone, sulfur…) or crushed blackstone (lead, silver, antimony).
  • IV Large Sieve: 48 in, same outputs, 10 s.
  • Works, but 128 sails of windmill only give 31.5 EU/t. The four-sieve block does this and three more sieves with one compact power source.

Bill of materials

Item Qty
thermal:device_water_gen 1
gtceu:stone_barrel 1
create:crushing_wheel 2
create:smart_chute 1
create:windmill_bearing 1
create:white_sail 16
create_new_age:generator_coil 2
create_new_age:redstone_magnet 4
create_new_age:carbon_brushes 1
gtceu:lv_1a_energy_converter 1
gtceu:mechanical_sieve 1
exnihilosequentia:string_mesh 1
gtceu:lv_conveyor_module 2
functionalstorage:oak_1 5

Storage

functionalstorage:oak_1, gtceu:lv_super_chest

Extras

  • Power calculator defaults are stored in the front matter (calc).