MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT AND PROCESS SELECTION MODEL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING IN THE CONCEPTUAL PHASE OF DESIGN

Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM), which was first applied for rapid prototyping, is now becoming a real option small-batch production of final products. Further expansion AM closely correlated to costs. can only become competitive traditional methods if product designed already from the beginning as it an expensive technology that should be adds enough value product. The aim this paper increase cost awareness in conceptual design phase and support developers doing estimation process selection. proposed model integrates costs calculation. input data preliminary requirements. main contribution multi-criteria function, enables concurrent consideration different technical economical criteria. function helps compare how processing parameters influence cost. holistic overview options increases solution space optimization several iterations.