Our Process

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   Custom Injection Molder
   Custom Injection Molder - At the base, we're a custom injection molder.
   
   With over 20 years in the business and over 90 presses - Victor's facilities reflect state-of-the-art equipment and ongoing upgrades. We're motivated by our client's specific needs and a focus on efficiency.
   
   At this level, the kind of enhancements you'll see at Victor include:
   • Quieter, cleaner electronic presses
   • Robotic automation at almost every press
   • Press diversity, such as insert molding on vertical presses
   • Advanced applications such as Gas Assist, Counter Pressure, and In-Mold Decorating
   The range of our equipment is substantial:
   • We start at 30 tons... and go all the way to 3000 tons
   The materials we utilize are diverse:
   • From commodity resins... to highly engineered materials
   • From basic black... to molded-in color
   
   
   
2. 
   Advanced Manufacturing Systems
   Advanced Manufacturing Systems - Victor employs several Advanced Manufacturing Systems to tie our customers' needs to consistent manufacturing outputs.
   
   One of these systems is Advanced Material Handling which means dried resin arrives in exact amounts right to the press through vacuum tubes. With the elimination of bulky resin boxes, the floors are cleaner, the aisles are empty, and the air is cleaner - because there's less call for fork trucks. The impact of all of this is more room for press-side robotics and secondary operations.
   
   In short, better conditions for higher efficiency.
   
   Advanced Material Handling Components:
   • Silo storage allows us to buy in bulk - over 40 million pounds a year.
   • Motan Dryers optimize moisture content for molding.
   • McGuire's Precision Color Mixing System blends in color.
   • Motan's Material Handling System delivers exact amounts of resin to the process.
   Other Advanced Manufacturing Systems:
   • MRP, which allows customer orders to happen directly over the internet and results in 99% on-time delivery.
   • 5/S programs result in improved efficiency.
   • Lean Manufacturing Practices reduce inventory.
   • ISO 9001-2000 Certification for all Victor facilities drives quality and consistency.
   
   
   
3. 
   Secondary Operations
   Secondary Operations - Once a piece is molded at Victor Plastics a myriad of secondary operations are available to move the product towards completion. Often taking place press-side to reduce unneccessary handling, some procedures are manual, others are performed by robotics.
   
   Component Assembly Systems:
   • Sonic welding
   • Spin welding
   • Orbital riveting
   • Heat staking (steaking)
   • Hot plate welding
   • Pressure decay leak testing and
   • UV curable adhesive
   Decorating Options:
   • Pad printing
   • Hot stamping
   • Silk screening
   • Heat transfer
   • Decal application
   • In-Mold-Decorating
   Paint Procedures:
   • Accent striping
   • Decorative painting  
   • EMI and RFI shielding
   Many of the secondary operations we've incorporated over the years are to satisfy specific client requests. If there is a process you didn't see here that you're curious about, just ask, we've probably got it or are about to get it.
   
   
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   In-House Engineering & Tooling
   In-House Engineering & Tooling - Victor's founder came from an engineering, tool & die background; Hence, modern engineering and tool room equipment have always been a fundamental ingredient at our plants. As well, engineers and toolmakers trained in the most technologically advanced techniques have always been a company priority.
   
   The strength of our In-House Engineering and Tooling departments comes from a simple premise - maintain the integrity of the data from concept to completion. In real life, the execution of the premise involves a very diligent and coordinated effort by our team in the Technical Center.
   
   The result of our investment in training, technology and equipment is knowledge, experience and expertise - which in the end - profoundly impacts the success of our customers on their way to market.
   
   
   • CAD - experienced engineers employ sophisticated programs such as ProEngineer to design tools to our customers' specifications.
   • CAE - Computer Aided Engineering, performs analysis such as Mold Flow and FEA.
   • CAM - seamless interfaces convert part information in programs such as ProManufacture.
   Expanding into a new 20,000 sq. ft. tool room in 2001, Victor's 40 journeymen toolmakers begin to cut the carbon and steel as the well defined information flows directly into their equipment through DNC links from Engineering.
   
   At this point:
   • CNC high speed milling is employed as well as
   • EDM and Wire EDM
   Assembled and tested, with capacities from 30 to 3000 tons, these complex works of art make their way to the press. The scope of the tools engineered and built in Victor's Technology Center is extensive. Combine this with a global network of tooling sources in North America and Asia and you are afforded distinct advantages in cost and speed. But perhaps most importantly, you have a single source of responsibility - Victor.
   
   
   
   
5. 
   Integrated Product Development
   
   
   Speed... Agility... Tenacity...
   From Concept to Completion
   with a sense of Urgency.
   Integrated Product Development - "From concept to completion with a sense of urgency!" is our mantra. On the front end, if you have a concept that needs to be designed, Victor has resources to help you with this too.
   In this conceptual phase we offer:
   • Research
   • Solution based design
   • Industrial design rendering
   • Prototyping via SLA, SLS and urethane
   • Mechanical design and analysis
   What's important to understand on the tail end, is our definition of completion is different from most. Beyond just the completion of individual pieces, Victor's turnkey mentality is all about producing finished components and products right down to the box. That's the Victor difference. This is where we add value.
   
   Here's just one example: When a well known snowboard manufacturer needed someone with long-fiber experience and a system to develop their latest innovations they were referred to Victor Plastics. A complete program was set in motion that included Quality Assurance Specifications, global sourcing of components and testing of the final assembled bindings.
   
   The program elements include:
   • Early supplier involvement
   • Material selection appropriate to -20° C.
   • Tooling for a variety of processes
   • Diverse component sourcing
   • Molding of 30 components per set
   • Pad printing and silk screening
   • Assembly, robotic and manual
   • Product durability testing
   • Packaging & shipping
   And there you have it. More than a really good injection molder. More than great people, facilities and equipment. Victor offers total programs, from concept to completion... with a sense of urgency!