CobaltLion

I'm using the latest version and have not seen this problem, but I have heard of it and run some tests. Check what you have running update wise.

Okay, did a lot of "re-engineering" of my automatic ore refinery, but I think I have been able to create a setup like Lethosos suggested. All the metal dust is dumped into a single chest, with two manipulators on opposite sides. A redstone clock with an inverter on one line provides alternating signals to one manipulator then the other. each manipulator leads to it's own dedicated electric furnace, which then combine and go to a final output chest. The split isn't perfect, (I got 30/34, then 31/33 on two separate runs of 64 items) but it is close enough to stop any one furnace from being overloaded and rejecting input which is what I wanted. Thanks again for all the ideas. I'll be happy to post pictures, videos or the world if anyone wants.

So I've set up an automatic ore processing system similar to the one on TacticalLion's "Duplicate Ores" YouTube video. I'm having to use an electric furnace so that I can get a manipulator to do the unloading of the final ingots, but I've had to build a few furnaces to handle the load of metal dust. My question is: Is there a way to get items to split on a conveyer belt? That is, have every other item go a different direction? I want to have it so that the metal dust gets split evenly between 2 furnaces. Thanks.

So, not to necro this thread or anything, but I went back and did some testing with the latest build for Voltz (1.1.14 I think it is now) and tested with a single and double layer. It looks like the steam will only run a single layer now of turbines.A second layer never started turning at all. Also, this build now is producing 2.92 MW (2920 kW) once everything was warmed up and spinning! Thanks to Poptarticus and TacticalLion for the ideas, plans and helpful videos.