Manufacturing in KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is our home province, where our Pinetown factory has been machining components since 1985. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for customers across the province, with pages for 6 of its main centres below.
Cities and towns in KwaZulu-Natal
Durban
the busiest port city in southern Africa, with heavy demand for machined spares from shipping, sugar, chemical and automotive operations.
Serving Pinetown, Westville, Ballito, Umhlanga, Mount Edgecombe, Phoenix Industrial Park, Springfield Park, Jacobs, Mobeni, Prospecton, Isipingo, Amanzimtoti, Hillcrest, Kloof, Gillitts, New Germany, Mariannhill, Cato Ridge, Umgeni Park, Briardene, Glen Anil, Verulam, Tongaat, Chatsworth, Queensburgh, Hammarsdale.
Pietermaritzburg
the provincial capital, with aluminium, timber, footwear and food processing plants.
Serving Mkondeni, Willowton, Camps Drift, Pelham, Howick, Hilton, Cato Ridge.
Richards Bay
a deep-water industrial port handling coal, aluminium and mineral sands.
Serving Alton, Alton North, Empangeni, Mtubatuba, Mandini.
Newcastle
coal, steel and heavy engineering in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Serving Riverside, Madadeni, Dundee, Ladysmith.
Port Shepstone
the commercial centre of the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.
Serving Marburg, Margate, Scottburgh, Hibberdene.
Vryheid
coal mining, cattle and timber in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Serving Vryheid Industrial, Ulundi, Pongola.
What we make for KwaZulu-Natal
- 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 KwaZulu-Natal
- 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 KwaZulu-Natal
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
Do you work with customers in KwaZulu-Natal?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
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.
Are you accredited?
We are a multi-disciplined, ISO accredited manufacturing facility and have been machining components since 1985.
Which services are most used by KwaZulu-Natal 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.
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.