Tutorial/Orb Power Flower

Description

The Orb Power Flower is a configuration of the Power Flower principle that is suited for smaller scale, "working" environments (e.g. your lab) where easy access to a Power Flower is needed without the need for EMC generation of the scale of aPetaled Power Flower .

It favors easy access, ease of production (condenser target) change and lower space requirements over the amount of  EMC produced. It is often the most common starter power flower configuration as it is cheeper and easier to use than the more advanced Petaled Power Flower.

It requires one main condenser, five relays and 17 collecters. 

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Basic Orb Power Flower configuration

Basic Idea

The basic idea behind a Power Flower is to use Energy Collectors (which turn light into EMC) to produce Diamonds (or another suitable-value EMC item) in an Energy Condenser. A Power Flower Orb is a simple arrangement of these devices that is non-expandable, yet very small, portable and easy to control. 

Note

Please be aware that this design is not used for high value EMC item production; it very much favours ease of use, construction and lowest possible space consumption (relative to larger EMC production arrays).

Required Materials

The following is a list of materials used in the construction of the Orb Power Flower. Please note that some of these materials and machines can be replaced with upgraded versions of themselves (e.g. MK II and MK III instead of MK I).

17x Energy Collectors (upgrade to MK2 or MK3)

5 x Antimatter Relays (upgrade to MK2 or MK3)

1 x Energy Condenser

Step 1: Planning Space Requirements

A standard 'Orb' is about 7x7 on the X and Y axis  (down and sideways for non-mathsy people) it will take up five on the Z axis (directly away from you). While this may seem large compared to your other machine set ups, remember this will stand alone and does not need interaction or connection to any of your other devices.

The sizes stated do not include glowstone, if you require a light source just add one onto every axis or, more optimally, every Collector surface (top face).

Step 2: Layer 1

This is probably the easiest layer, it consists of a single collector. You just need to place a collector down in the middle of your square; right at the lowest point. 

We will call this center-point "X" so "column X" is the one block wide stack above this collector. This is important. 

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Bottom Layer (forming base of "Column X" in tutorial) of Orb Power Flower

              

Step 3: Layer 2

Atop your collector at the bottom of Column X place an Anti-Matter Relay. Then on every side (Except above it!) put another collector. You should now have something that looks like a little platform with a Collector and a Relay in Column X, and one Collector on each side of the Relay in Column X; so to the north, south, east and west.

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Relay on top of Collector in Layer 2 of Orb Power Flower

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Relay surrounded by Energy Collectors in Layer 2 of Orb Power Flower

Step 4: Layer 3

Atop your Relay, put the Condenser, this will be your 'interface' so make sure it is at eye-level when standing at on the floor of whatever room you've placed the Orb in. This should also be in Column X.

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Energy Condenser sitting atop Energy Collector surrounded Anti-Matter Relay

Step 5: Relaying the EMC

In Column X you should have a Collector, a Relay and a Condenser, in that order, from bottom to top. Now surround the Condenser on every side but one with Relays. The open side (without a relay) is how you will access your Condenser so DO NOT PUT ANYTHING IN THE WAY!

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Energy Collector being surrounded by Anti-Matter Relays in Orb Power Flower

Step 6: Collectors 

Around each of the Relay's put a Collector (on each side), you should now have a semi- 'Orb' shape with one side open to acess the Condenser, If you have done it correctly the Relay's will not be visible.

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All Anti-Matter Relays now completely surrounded by Energy Collectors except where they touch the Energy Condenser

Step 7: Usage

This Condenser set up is not used to provide large amounts of EMC as it is more used as a 'working' condenser. If you are part-way through a build and don't have quite enough of a specific resource, this is the 'go-to' Power Flower. The ease of access and the ability to repeatedly change the target from one item to another (e.g. Iron to Copper) is the trade-off from a larger, higher-EMC-yield Power Flower configurations.

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Energy Condenser now surrounded in EMC production. Replace "target" to condense different items.

Step 8: Glowstone Optimization

If you aren't using MK3 Collectors you should go back and cap off all the tops of visible Collectors with a block of Glowstone. This will also let you bury the power flower underground.

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All exposed tops of Energy Collectors covered with Glowstone Blocks to maximize Energy Collection