Manufacturing in Sasolburg
Petrochemical and chemical manufacturing in the north. From our Pinetown factory we manufacture turned, milled, ground and moulded components for Sasolburg businesses — from repeat production runs to one-off replacement spares for plant in the area.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Sasolburg
This page covers all of Sasolburg and its surrounding areas — Sasolburg Industrial, Zamdela, Deneysville and Parys. Wherever you are in and around Sasolburg, the parts are manufactured at our Pinetown factory and quoted from one enquiry.
Sasolburg Industrial
plant maintenance and engineering contractors.
Zamdela
workshops supporting the chemical plants.
Deneysville
Vaal Dam marine and light engineering.
Parys
agriculture, tourism and small workshops.
What we make for Sasolburg
- 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 Sasolburg
- 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 Sasolburg
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 Sasolburg customers
Do you make parts for companies in Sasolburg Industrial, Zamdela and Deneysville?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Sasolburg, Free State, including Sasolburg Industrial, Zamdela, Deneysville and Parys. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to Sasolburg?
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 services are most used by Sasolburg 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.
Which industries do you supply around Sasolburg?
Around Sasolburg we see Sasolburg Industrial (plant maintenance and engineering contractors); Zamdela (workshops supporting the chemical plants); Deneysville (Vaal Dam marine and light engineering). The machinery behind that work needs shafts, bushes, gears, seals and custom spares — the parts we make every day.
Are you accredited?
We are a multi-disciplined, ISO accredited manufacturing facility and have been machining components since 1985.