Powder Loading Formulas
Cycle Time = Process Time * Adjustment Factor
Cycle time is the product of the following:
• Process time (see formula)
• Adjustment factor (specified by the cost model variable cycleTimeAdjustmentFactor). This factor is 1 in aPriori starting point VPEs. VPE administrators can modify cycleTimeAdjustmentFactor in order to adjust cycle times across processes within the current VPE.
Process Time = Load Time / Number of Parts
This is the time per part to load metal powder into the powder chamber. Process time depends on the following:
• Load time: by default, this is specified by the cost model variable
dmlsPowderLoadTime (300 seconds in starting point VPEs. Users can override the default with the setup option
Powder Loading Time.