Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: 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.
Confronting the reported costs of a conventional machining and welding pathway
with an estimator of the costs incurred through an AM route utilising Direct
Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS), we weave together four aspects: optimised
capacity utilisation, ancillary process steps, the effect of build failure, and
design adaptation. Recognising that AM users can fill unused machine capacity
with other, potentially unrelated, geometries, we posit a characteristic of
'fungible' build capacity. This aspect is integrated in the cost estimation
framework through computational build volume packing, drawing on a basket of
sample geometries. We show that the unit cost in mixed builds at full capacity
is lower than in builds limited to a single type of geometry; in our study this
results in a mean unit cost overstatement of 157%. The estimated manufacturing
costs savings from AM adoption range from 36% to 46%. Additionally, we indicate
that operating cost savings resulting from design adaptation are likely to far
outweigh the manufacturing cost advantage.

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The categories of this paper are: hep-lat
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