Is this a conveyor meter bug?

[melquiades]

If you set any amount not a multiple of the full packet weight in a conveyor meter, the last bit sent will be the remaining of the full packet. Sometimes even less. For the un-modded game:

6 - 2 kg
3 - 2 kg
8 - 4 kg

I just made a regolith smelter and i find it very annoying that i cannot fine tune the amount of regolith i can feed the system (this example is from a increased packet size, packet capped to 200 kg, meter set to 80 kg, and it is dumping 80 and 40 kg. 100 kg is too much and it clogs):

 

I am guessing that is because solid materials don't merge inside the rails as they do in liquid pipes, but still, meters maybe should an internal storage to deal with this.

 

[Tigin]

It doesn't seem like a bug. This is akin to a "minimum flow rate" on valves (where the minimum is equal to the maximum flow rate). It's simpler with gases/liquids since packets can merge, but it can still be done with solids by adding an overflow to the meter into a conveyer chute/receptable and re-merging the regolith with a loader. 

Edited April 13 by Tigin