Manufacturing in Welkom
Welkom is the centre of Free State gold mining. 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 Welkom
Whether your business is in Welkom Industrial, Virginia, Odendaalsrus and Hennenman, this is the page for you: we manufacture for customers across greater Welkom, Free State, from our own factory in Pinetown.
Welkom Industrial
mine-supply engineering and fabrication.
Virginia
gold mining and maintenance contractors.
Odendaalsrus
mining and farming services.
Hennenman
agriculture and mining supply.
What we make for Welkom
- 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 Welkom
- 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 Welkom
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 Welkom customers
Do you make parts for companies in Welkom Industrial, Virginia and Odendaalsrus?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Welkom, Free State, including Welkom Industrial, Virginia, Odendaalsrus and Hennenman. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Is Hennenman covered too?
Yes. We treat all of greater Welkom as one service area, so customers in Hennenman get the same factory, the same services and the same quoting process.
Which services are most used by Welkom 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.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to Welkom?
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.
Are you accredited?
We are a multi-disciplined, ISO accredited manufacturing facility and have been machining components since 1985.