Additive Manufacturing worked example

Resin Cost Per Part with total resin cost of 240 $: a worked example in additive manufacturing

What does the result look like when total resin cost reaches 240 $? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. an estimator needs a resin material cost per accepted SLA or DLP part

The inputs for this scenario

  • Total resin cost: 240 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 96)
  • Accepted resin parts: 24 parts (unchanged)
  • Cost conversion factor: 1 x (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Raw resin cost per part = total resin cost รท accepted resin parts) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 $ / part for resin cost per part, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 $ / part for raw resin cost per part.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1 x for cost conversion factor.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 24 parts for accepted resin parts.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where total resin cost sits at 96 $ and the headline result is 4 $ / part, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 10 $ / part.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when total resin cost is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It covers resin only, not IPA for washing, cure energy, machine time, or support cleanup labor, so it is a material building block rather than full part cost.

Results at a glance

  • Resin cost per part: 10 $ / part (headline result)
  • Raw resin cost per part: 10 $ / part
  • Cost conversion factor: 1 x
  • Accepted resin parts: 24 parts

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Resin Cost Per Part calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.