Manufacturing in Pietermaritzburg
Pitchline Engineering works with companies throughout Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal — the provincial capital, with aluminium, timber, footwear and food processing plants. Everything is produced at our own factory, so one enquiry covers turning, milling, grinding, gears and rubber.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Pietermaritzburg
Whether your business is in Mkondeni, Willowton, Camps Drift, Pelham, Howick, Hilton and Cato Ridge, this is the page for you: we manufacture for customers across greater Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, from our own factory in Pinetown.
Mkondeni
the city's main industrial area, home to engineering and vehicle workshops.
Willowton
milling, oils and food manufacturing on the eastern side of the city.
Camps Drift
a light industrial and commercial belt along the Msunduzi River.
Pelham
workshops and trade suppliers serving the wider city.
Howick
a Midlands town with dairy, timber and agricultural machinery.
Hilton
a Midlands business node above Pietermaritzburg.
Cato Ridge
steel and logistics operations on the N3 between the two cities.
What we make for Pietermaritzburg
- 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 Pietermaritzburg
- 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 Pietermaritzburg
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 Pietermaritzburg customers
Do you make parts for companies in Mkondeni, Willowton and Camps Drift?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, including Mkondeni, Willowton, Camps Drift, Pelham, Howick, Hilton and Cato Ridge. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
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.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to Pietermaritzburg?
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.
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.
Which services are most used by Pietermaritzburg 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.