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Clearing Frame
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It actively purges backed-up or unauthorized items off conveyor belts. Placed over a belt, it prevents factory deadlocks caused by mixed outputs jamming intersections.
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Logistics & Anti-Jam Filtration
Clearing Frame Mechanics, Sorting & Anti-Jam Setup
The Clearing Frame is an essential logistics fixture for high-throughput factories. Placed across belts or sorting channels, it actively purges stopped or unauthorized particles, preventing downstream deadlocks without requiring manual player excavation.
| Operational Check | Specification | Automation & Engineering Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Mounting Footprint | Overhead Belt / Chute | Mount directly on conveyor belts where multi-item streams diverge. |
| Purge Mechanism | Passive Debris Ejection | Ejects stopped pixels into side containment or overflow recovery bins. |
| Flow Preservation | Zero Speed Penalty | Permits approved primary stream items to pass through at full belt velocity. |
| Anti-Clog Rule | Inline with Shakers | Position immediately downstream of Shaker outlets to catch stray Residue. |
🛠️ Shaker Overflow Jam Defense Protocol
In wet sand separation, slow-moving Residue chunks can accumulate at the Shaker base and block Gold sorting. Installing a Clearing Frame immediately downstream of the shaker outlet diverts excess debris to a burner or side chute, keeping the main gold line flowing at full speed.
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Clearing Frame FAQ
What does a Clearing Frame do in Sandustry?
The Clearing Frame is a Logistics building that purges backed-up or unauthorized items from conveyor belts. Positioned over an active belt or sorting chute, it ejects blocked pixels into a side container or overflow line, preventing factory deadlocks caused by mixed outputs or Residue accumulation.
Where should I place a Clearing Frame?
The most common placement is immediately downstream of a Shaker outlet. Wet Sand separation produces both Gold and Residue; Residue accumulating at the Shaker base creates backpressure that halts Gold sorting. A Clearing Frame on the upper-discharge exit diverts excess Residue to a burner or side lane, keeping the Gold line moving at full belt speed.
How do I prevent a Clearing Frame from clogging in a high-throughput factory?
At very high production scales, a single Clearing Frame can itself become a bottleneck. Community factory builders scale to 1M Gold by adding a parallel bypass lane with an overflow sensor: the bypass routes surplus items around the Clearing Frame when the primary output saturates, eliminating pixel despawns caused by entity-density limits.
Can a Clearing Frame replace a Filter in Sandustry?
No. A Filter controls which items pass in a specific direction; a Clearing Frame actively ejects stopped or unwanted items to prevent backpressure jams. They serve different purposes and are typically used together — a Filter selects the intended stream while a Clearing Frame downstream handles overflow.
Does the Clearing Frame delete items or redirect them?
By design it ejects them into a designated container or off-conveyor space, not into a void. If no collection container is present at the ejection point, the items land on the floor and may be subject to the game's normal entity-density cleanup. Always place a burner, secondary belt, or overflow bin at the Clearing Frame's ejection side.
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