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P1S + AMS cost workflow

Price the whole P1S + AMS workflow—not just the model grams.

A practical decision path from Bambu Studio's sliced material categories to P1S ownership cost, AMS storage overhead, and a defensible selling price.

Start the workflow →Open multicolor calculator →
01Bambu Studio02AMS color changes03P1S ownership04AMS material handling05Price recovery

Quick start

Choose the decision you need to make

Use the complete path for a new quote, or enter at the stage where your current cost sheet is missing evidence.

Single-color P1S quote

Model and support → machine ownership → accepted-job cost → selling price

Start with sliced material →AMS multicolor quote

Model and support → flush and tower → P1S time → AMS handling → selling price

Start with color-change waste →Ownership-cost review

Maintenance reserve → dry-storage overhead → productive hours → price recovery

Review recurring cost →

Five-stage cost path

Move one verified input forward at a time.

01Bambu Studio

Capture model, support, flush, and prime-tower grams separately

Use the final plate layout and filament profiles. The model is useful output; support, flushing, and the prime tower are process material. Keeping the categories separate reveals which change can reduce cost.

Input
Final sliced plate, material profile, model/support/flush/tower grams
Decision
Which grams become the product, and which exist only to run the process?
Output
A traceable material record instead of one unexplained total
02AMS color changes

Price process waste and the machine time added by color changes

For an AMS job, calculate flush and prime-tower cost at plate level, then allocate it across accepted parts. Compare the final multicolor slice with a credible single-color baseline instead of guessing a universal premium.

Input
Model grams, purge/flush grams, tower grams, added time, parts, success rate
Decision
Does color add enough customer value to recover its material and capacity cost?
Output
Waste share and multicolor overhead per accepted part
03P1S ownership

Add productive-hour machine cost, maintenance, labor, and failures

Printer purchase recovery and maintenance answer different questions. Keep depreciation, planned maintenance, direct labor, electricity, and failed-output allowance visible so the same expense is not counted twice.

Input
Print hours, productive life, maintenance pool, labor, electricity, expected acceptance rate
Decision
What does one accepted job consume beyond filament?
Output
Expected FDM cost per accepted job
04AMS material handling

Allocate dry-storage and inventory handling without inventing a flat surcharge

Desiccant, sealed overflow storage, drying energy, handling time, and moisture-related loss are inventory costs. Allocate them by a driver that fits the workshop—such as kilograms consumed or spool-months—and disclose the basis.

Input
Supplies, handling time, drying energy, equipment allocation, documented loss
Decision
Which storage cost follows this job, and which belongs to general overhead?
Output
A documented AMS/storage overhead rate
05Price recovery

Turn accepted-job cost into a price that survives fees and target margin

Use the completed cost as the starting point. Work backward from marketplace fees and target net margin; do not confuse markup on cost with margin on revenue.

Input
Accepted-job cost, selling fees, fixed fees, target net margin
Decision
What minimum price recovers the P1S + AMS workflow under this sales channel?
Output
Minimum reference price and expected net profit

Verification rules

Three rules keep the result defensible

  1. Use the final slice

    Changing the plate, colors, profiles, or quantity changes the material and time basis.

  2. Do not double-count

    Keep purchase recovery, maintenance, waste, failures, and sales fees as distinct lines.

  3. Label every estimate

    Examples on this site are modeled assumptions—not measurements from the site owner's P1S + AMS.

Complete quote map

Accepted-job cost = material + process waste + machine + maintenance + labor + electricity + storage overhead + expected failure costMinimum reference price = (accepted-job cost + fixed selling fees) ÷ (1 − percentage fees − target margin)