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Table 1

Summary of fabrication time, material consumption and weight for different gear designs

Gear design	Final part weight (g)	Total consumed material			Fabrication time
Gear design	Final part weight (g)	Metal (g)	Interface (g)	Total Cost ($)	Printing	Debinding	Sintering
Fully solid gear	880.96	1160	6.83	159.23	57h 16m	655h	53h 56m
30% Infill gear	409.84	655.55	6.79	93.37	29h 59m	49h	54h 30m
Generative design- gear	541.86	842.11	11.72	123.33	53h 16m	130h	54h 19 m

Gear design	Final part weight (g)	Total consumed material			Fabrication time
Gear design	Final part weight (g)	Metal (g)	Interface (g)	Total Cost ($)	Printing	Debinding	Sintering
Fully solid gear	880.96	1160	6.83	159.23	57h 16m	655h	53h 56m
30% Infill gear	409.84	655.55	6.79	93.37	29h 59m	49h	54h 30m
Generative design- gear	541.86	842.11	11.72	123.33	53h 16m	130h	54h 19 m

Source(s): Authors’ own work