Manufacturing in Port Shepstone
Pitchline Engineering works with companies throughout Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal — the commercial centre of the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. Everything is produced at our own factory, so one enquiry covers turning, milling, grinding, gears and rubber.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Port Shepstone
Whether your business is in Marburg, Margate, Scottburgh and Hibberdene, this is the page for you: we manufacture for customers across greater Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, from our own factory in Pinetown.
Marburg
the South Coast's main industrial area.
Margate
a coastal town serving tourism and construction trades.
Scottburgh
sugar and coastal agriculture south of Durban.
Hibberdene
small-town workshops and marine trades on the South Coast.
What we make for Port Shepstone
- 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 Port Shepstone
- 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 Port Shepstone
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 Port Shepstone customers
Do you make parts for companies in Marburg, Margate and Scottburgh?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, including Marburg, Margate, Scottburgh and Hibberdene. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Which services are most used by Port Shepstone 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 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.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to Port Shepstone?
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.
Is Hibberdene covered too?
Yes. We treat all of greater Port Shepstone as one service area, so customers in Hibberdene get the same factory, the same services and the same quoting process.