Automating the Squeezer and Drying Basin with Energy

Powering Machines

Craft a Generator and feed it fuel to produce energy. Place an Energy Battery next to the Generator to buffer power, or use a Creative Energy Battery when testing builds in creative. Run Logic Cable from the battery to your Mechanical Squeezer and Mechanical Drying Basin. Without energy these machines will not run, so check the battery charge first if output stalls.

Feeding Inputs Automatically

Attach a Part Inventory Reader to the chest holding Menril Berries or Menril Log, and a Part Inventory Writer to the Mechanical Squeezer input. Write a Variable Card in the Logic Programmer that moves matching items from the chest into the squeezer. Do the same from the squeezer output into the Mechanical Drying Basin input. Use a Part Fluid Reader on the Squeezer to monitor Menril Resin levels and a Part Fluid Reader on the Drying Basin to confirm Liquid Chorus or resin is draining.

Pulling Finished Products

Attach a Part Inventory Writer to a chest beside the Mechanical Drying Basin and write a card that extracts Crystallized Menril Chunk or Crystallized Chorus Chunk once the basin finishes. A Part Redstone Reader on the basin lets you gate the extraction until the basin is idle. Add a Delayer between the reader and writer if you need a short pause so the basin does not flicker between states. Label every card with the Labeller so you can trace which chest feeds which machine later.