Identification of Factors Affecting the Application of Additive Manufacturing Technology in Mass Customization Based on Structural Equation Model

Abstract

Additive technology plays an important role in mass customization. Though with high precision and high efficiency, additive technology also has the inevitable defect of high cost. This paper adopts the method of structural equation model (SEM) to explore the influencing factors of additive manufacturing in mass customization. The influence of various factors on the application of additive technology is analyzed in order to know more this technology and customer perception, so that additive manufacturing adoption technology can be better applied to mass customization. The results show that equipment cost has the greatest influence on the extensive application of additive technology in mass customization, followed by production efficiency, material limitation, quality requirements and technical level, while the influence of labor cost, precision level and material cost is not significant.