====Splitters====

In many industrial facilities, you'll find //splitters//. 

They are devices designed to redirect product flow, in a way very similar to valves - but in this case, they are usually designed to work with bulk solids.

When building relationships around a splitter, it's well worth considering what the **function** of your splitter actually is. 

Generally, there are two major types.

===Diversion Splitters===

Diversion splitters simply take the incoming product and send it to different places. The product in the splitter doesn't change at all - it just directs it differently. They are usually activated because a piece of downstream equipment requires more product.

===Classification Splitters===

Classification splitters are used to divert //different kinds// of product from a single line.

In this case, the splitter is sending **Product A** to one location, and **Product B** to another. 

===Building Splitter Relationships===

**Diversion** splitters will usually have one relationship going in, and the same relationship going in out in every direction - if water goes in, then water goes out.

**Classification** splitters should have //multiple// relationships going in, and each one continuing downstream in a different direction. For example, 'Dense Product' and 'Dilute Product' can go into the asset from one source, but the dense product will head to a different tank to the dilute product.