Informing additive manufacturing technology adoption: total cost and the impact of capacity utilisation

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Informing additive manufacturing technology adoption: total cost and the impact of capacity utilisation

Informing Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology adoption decisions, this paper investigates the relationship between build volume capacity utilisation and efficient technology operation in an inter-process comparison of the costs of manufacturing a complex component used in the packaging industry....

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Main Authors:	Baumers, Martin, Beltrametti, Luca, Gasparre, Angelo, Hague, Richard
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2017
Subjects:	rapid manufacturing cost estimating operational research additive manufacturing build volume packing technology selection
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43429/

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