Jones Metal Product has been in the hydroforming business for over 50 years. Already doing business in stamping and metal enameling, Jones Metal went out and bought the largest and most powerful model of this new kind of forming machine from Cincinnati Hydroforming in 1957.
Some 20 years later, the company had a video produced to showcase this amazing machine. Fifteen minutes in length, it was suited to the slower pace of the flow information of the times. It was used by Jones Metal presidents and sales representatives to introduce hydroforming to current and potential customers for some time, and it conveyed a lot of information.
Looking at that old video recently, we decided to update it in a condensed format to keep the attention of the contemporary viewer. We also wanted to showcase additional services that Jones Metal performs in- house. So we set an outside limit at three minutes of viewing time and came up with a video that features the forming process and additional features of 5 axis laser cutting and vacuum heat treating, all required for an actual part manufactured at Jones Metal.
We also wanted to introduce the viewer to a larger picture of our manufacturing facility, especially the Hydroform Department, which houses 11 machines capable of forming blanks from 15 inches in diameter to 32 inches in diameter. Jones Metal has three of the 32 inch machines in operation. As the camera pans across the department, the viewer gets a look at its size. Of course, most important of all, the viewer gets a close look of how the operator works the machine to form a part from a metal blank.
Ed Myers, Jones Metal Manufacturing Manager, narrates the video. He has been with our company for 33 years, beginning in the Hydroform Department in 1979. Bill Olinger operates the hydroform machine with Herman Mahaffey, helper. Richard Masters, utility, assists with annealing, and Greg Bahmer is the 5-axis laser technician.
Click here to view the hydroforming video on YouTube.
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