Manufacturing in Vryheid
Coal mining, cattle and timber in northern KwaZulu-Natal. From our Pinetown factory we manufacture turned, milled, ground and moulded components for Vryheid businesses — from repeat production runs to one-off replacement spares for plant in the area.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Vryheid
Customers from Vryheid Industrial, Ulundi and Pongola all deal with the same Pinetown factory — one enquiry covers turning, milling, grinding, gear cutting and rubber moulding for anywhere in greater Vryheid.
Vryheid Industrial
mining suppliers and general engineering workshops.
Ulundi
the historic Zululand centre, with agriculture and municipal fleets.
Pongola
irrigated sugar and citrus farming near the Mpumalanga border.
What we make for Vryheid
- 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 Vryheid
- 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 Vryheid
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 Vryheid customers
Do you make parts for companies in Vryheid Industrial, Ulundi and Pongola?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, including Vryheid Industrial, Ulundi and Pongola. 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.
Which industries do you supply around Vryheid?
Around Vryheid we see Vryheid Industrial (mining suppliers and general engineering workshops); Ulundi (the historic Zululand centre, with agriculture and municipal fleets); Pongola (irrigated sugar and citrus farming near the Mpumalanga border). 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.
Can you handle both small and large batches?
Yes. Twelve of our lathes run with automatic barfeeders for high-volume production, and we also take on one-off and low-volume replacement parts.