Manufacturing in Graaff-Reinet
Graaff-Reinet is sheep farming and agriculture in the Karoo interior. Pitchline Engineering supplies precision machined and moulded components to businesses across the city — the industrial areas and surrounding towns we serve are listed below.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Graaff-Reinet
This page covers all of Graaff-Reinet and its surrounding areas — Graaff-Reinet Industrial, Cradock and Somerset East. Wherever you are in and around Graaff-Reinet, the parts are manufactured at our Pinetown factory and quoted from one enquiry.
Graaff-Reinet Industrial
farm-machinery repair and engineering.
Cradock
irrigated farming along the Great Fish River.
Somerset East
farming and agricultural engineering.
What we make for Graaff-Reinet
- 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 Graaff-Reinet
- 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 Graaff-Reinet
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 Graaff-Reinet customers
Do you make parts for companies in Graaff-Reinet Industrial, Cradock and Somerset East?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, including Graaff-Reinet Industrial, Cradock and Somerset East. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Which services are most used by Graaff-Reinet customers?
CNC turning and milling for machined spares, grinding where a close tolerance finish is needed, gear cutting for drives and gearboxes, and rubber moulding for seals and mountings.
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.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to Graaff-Reinet?
Yes. Alongside contract machining we supply our own thermoplastic, spray and glass bead road marking guns, spreader plates, ManuMark air brake repair kits and the Model 10/65 1200 short bar automatic loader.
Which industries do you supply around Graaff-Reinet?
Around Graaff-Reinet we see Graaff-Reinet Industrial (farm-machinery repair and engineering); Cradock (irrigated farming along the Great Fish River); Somerset East (farming and agricultural engineering). The machinery behind that work needs shafts, bushes, gears, seals and custom spares — the parts we make every day.