Manufacturing in East London
Pitchline Engineering works with companies throughout East London, Eastern Cape — a port city with vehicle assembly, textiles and food processing. Everything is produced at our own factory, so one enquiry covers turning, milling, grinding, gears and rubber.
Suburbs and areas we supply around East London
This page covers all of East London and its surrounding areas — Wilsonia, Berlin, Chiselhurst, West Bank, King William's Town, Bhisho, Queenstown and Butterworth. Wherever you are in and around East London, the parts are manufactured at our Pinetown factory and quoted from one enquiry.
Wilsonia
the city's main industrial township.
Berlin
industrial land and plants on the N2.
Chiselhurst
commercial and light industrial workshops.
West Bank
port-side industry and the East London IDZ.
King William's Town
engineering and agriculture inland of East London.
Bhisho
government and light industry in the interior.
Queenstown
agricultural machinery and general engineering.
Butterworth
manufacturing and agriculture in the former Transkei.
What we make for East London
- Turned parts to Ø 310mm and up to 1m long — shafts, pins, spindles, bushes and adaptors
- Milled components to 1000 x 500 x 400mm, including palletised production runs
- Spur and helical gears cut by hobbing or shaping
- Ground surfaces, cylindrical and centreless work to close tolerance
- Moulded rubber seals, bushes, mountings and extruded profiles
- Repeat production runs and one-off replacement spares for plant in East London
- Our own product range: thermoplastic, spray and glass bead road marking guns, spreader plates, air brake repair kits and the Model 10/65 1200 short bar automatic loader
- Automatic barfeeders for CNC lathes — extra unattended production hours for turning shops in East London
CNC Turning
14 CNC lathes, up to Ø 310mm and 1m long, 12 of them on automatic barfeeders.
CNC Milling
5 CNC mills to 1000 x 500 x 400mm, three palletised and four with CNC rotary tables.
Grinding
Surface grinding to 1200 x 600mm, cylindrical to Ø 200mm and centreless from Ø 6mm.
Rubber Molding
5 vacuum and 4 standard compression presses with 3 in-house rubber extruders.
Gear Cutting
2 hobbing machines for spur and helical gears, 3 shapers for spur gears.
Welding And Manual Lathes
Conventional workshop support: manual lathes, presses, broaching, saws and polishing.
Barfeeder Machines
Our own automatic barfeeder range, sold for over 20 years and run on our own lathes.
Roadmarking Guns
Thermoplastic, paint spray and reflective glass bead application guns.
Airbrake Repair Kits
Nearly 600 air brake repair kits, manufactured here and marketed as ManuMark.
Questions from East London customers
Do you make parts for companies in Wilsonia, Berlin and Chiselhurst?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout East London, Eastern Cape, including Wilsonia, Berlin, Chiselhurst, West Bank, King William's Town, Bhisho, Queenstown and Butterworth. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Is West Bank, King William's Town and Bhisho covered too?
Yes. We treat all of greater East London as one service area, so customers in West Bank, King William's Town and Bhisho get the same factory, the same services and the same quoting process.
What sizes can you handle?
Turned parts to Ø310mm and up to a metre long, milled components to 1000 x 500 x 400mm, spur and helical gears, ground surfaces to close tolerance, and moulded rubber parts from our own presses.
Can you work from a sample instead of a drawing?
Yes. Send us the worn or broken part and we can measure it at our factory and manufacture replacements to match.
Can you handle both small and large batches?
Yes. Twelve of our lathes run with automatic barfeeders for high-volume production, and we also take on one-off and low-volume replacement parts.