V.A.V. Group has a customer-oriented and flexible approach to profile manufacturing. We create profiles with our client’s needs in mind, while also being an active innovator and finding new and improved profiles. Our flexibility and fast prototype rounds and delivery make us a reliable provider of various sealing solutions.
1 Getting in touch with us
When you first get in touch with us, the most important thing we will want to know is what your needs are and how we can fulfill them. We will go over your requirements for the material and color of the profile and the timeframe you are working with. This involves understanding the environment and conditions your product is meant to operate in, and any standards it must meet. There is always a chance that we will not have the exact materials and extrusion dye ready to go, but we will always strive to innovate and find ways to a solution that fits your requirements.
We will also ask you about the annual need or the average volume size you are planning on. The dye’s volume and complexity will affect the cost of the order.
2 Creating the extrusion dye for your profile
We will need the blueprints for the profile, which we can get in one of two ways. Some of our clients will have the specifics ready to send over to us in PDF, DWG, or similar format, which we can use to create dies to manufacture the profile. In this case, we will continue to create the dye and get started with the first sample of your profile.
Some clients may have an existing example of the profile but no blueprints to send us. In these cases, they can mail their example profile to us, and our engineers will create blueprints based on it. Our engineers can also start from a sketch, illustrating, for example, the planned usage of the profile, and create an initial blueprint. The blueprints will be sent to the client for confirmation before we start making a new sample.
We use the blueprints to create the extrusion dye for shaping your profile. The dye can be improved whenever your product develops. For more information, check out this article about the process of creating new extrusion dyes.
3 Your first sample will be ready in two weeks
When all of your needs have been mapped out, and the extrusion dye is ready, we will create the first sample and have it delivered to you in two weeks or later, according to your wishes. This is when you can test the sample, offer feedback, and request modifications. Depending on where you are located and where the profile will be used, getting it tested can understandably take time. We will usually check up on you after a few weeks, but that does not mean you should rush with your tests
We will go over this stage of the process and perfect the dye until you deem the profile ready. Required changes can often be implemented by modifying the existing dye, or if changes are significant, we might need to draw and print a new one.
4 Ordering and receiving your product
At this point, we have all the information we need to put your order in place. This includes the volume of profile you are ordering, the material, color, and all necessary properties of the profile, the packaging style, and when and where the shipment will be delivered. The delivery time from the factory is also two weeks, but if you have asked for a later time or ordered the profiles well in advance, they will be delivered according to your wishes. While the standard delivery time is two weeks, for urgent orders, depending on the number of orders we have and the materials in stock, we can see what we can do to speed up the delivery.
When the dye is finished, and we have all the necessary information, from materials to production volume, we can take your order and move it on to production. We want to include the client and their wishes in every step of the production process and do our best to improve and develop their profile. Our engineers require a lot of creative thinking, especially for the more complex dies.
For when off-the-shelf products don’t cut it
Whether it’s a one-time or repeating order, the production process will get the same professional treatment every time. With our flexible production lines, co-extrusion capabilities, capability and speed to modify products to customer specifications, and sometimes even co-designing the perfect solution to customers‘ problems, we can say that innovativeness is the key driver in our company culture.
To get your order on the way, get in touch with our sales managers:
