Manufacturing in Polokwane
Polokwane is the provincial capital and main commercial centre. 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 Polokwane
Whether your business is in Polokwane Industrial, Seshego, Lebowakgomo and Mokopane, this is the page for you: we manufacture for customers across greater Polokwane, Limpopo, from our own factory in Pinetown.
Polokwane Industrial
mining supply and general engineering.
Seshego
light industry and workshops west of the city.
Lebowakgomo
agriculture and municipal services.
Mokopane
platinum mining and mine-supply contractors.
What we make for Polokwane
- 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 Polokwane
- 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 Polokwane
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 Polokwane customers
Do you make parts for companies in Polokwane Industrial, Seshego and Lebowakgomo?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Polokwane, Limpopo, including Polokwane Industrial, Seshego, Lebowakgomo and Mokopane. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Which industries do you supply around Polokwane?
Around Polokwane we see Polokwane Industrial (mining supply and general engineering); Seshego (light industry and workshops west of the city); Lebowakgomo (agriculture and municipal services). 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.
Which services are most used by Polokwane 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 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.