Pneumatic Tube

Pneumatic Tube
File:Pneumatic Tube.png
Name	Pneumatic Tube
Type	RedPower Machines
Tool	File:Grid Iron Pickaxe.png
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data Value	136:2048
EMC Value	16.25
Mod Included	RedPower2

Pneumatic Tubes are the dominant item transfer method in RedPower2. These have automatic internal routing; sending items to the closest valid destination. Valid destinations are any block with an inventory, such as Chests, Deployers, and Furnaces. If an inventory fills up and cannot accept any more items, it will cease to be a valid destination and items will be sent to the next valid destination. If no valid destinations exist, the tube will bounce back the items into the sender, (for example a Sorting Machine) and will no longer send.

Items without a valid destination will bounce around in the Pneumatic Tubes until one becomes available. Items are most commonly supplied to the tubes using Filters, Transposers, Sorting Machines, and Block Breakers.

​Recipe

Usage

Redstone Tube

Restriction Tube

More Info

• You could create an "Adapter" to change Pneumatic Tubes to BuildCraft Pipes by connecting the tube to a chest as an input, and having pipes coming out another side of the chest powered by an Engine.
• Although they appear to, Pneumatic Tubes don't connect to BuildCraft Pipes, so seperation is unnecessary.
• Pneumatic Tubes cannot supply or request items from the Buildcraft Automatic Crafting Table. Instead you must use an Automatic Crafting Table Mk II.