Forum:Sorting machine

i have noticed that this is not a very common question as i haven't seen anything about it on youtube tutorials, but in redpower, is there a way to split the flow of one type of material using sorting machines.

eg. you have 8 iron ore and you want two to go to one chest and 6 to go to another chest, is there a way to use sorting machines or any other red power machine to automatically split them in this way?